Two Nigerian nationals arrested in Pune for hacking ATM machines

The Pune city police has arrested two Nigerian nationals for allegedly hacking ATM machines and withdrawing money.

The police identified the accused as David Charles Alies Ugochukwu Charles Nwacghukwu (30) and Kehinde Sadiq Idris (29), both currently residing in Undri and natives of Nigeria.

As per a press release issued by the Pune city police, an offence was lodged at the Shivajinagar police station against two persons who were hacking ATM machines at certain spots in the city.

It was learnt that the accused persons were connecting some external device to the network cable of the ATM machine. Then, after the ATM machine was hacked, they inserted an ATM card and gave input for withdrawing Rs 1,000.