The Cyber Crime Wing of Greater Chennai Police in India has arrested two Nigerians for virtually stealing Rs 2.5 crore from a branch of the Tamil Nadu State Apex Cooperative Bank

The suspects identified as 40-year-old Augustine, a software engineer and Ekene Godwin,37, were arrested from Uttam Nagar, Delhi when one of them went to an ATM to withdraw money, police said in a statement on Friday, January 13, 2023.

The arrest was made on January 8, by a special team led by inspector T Vinoth Kumar of the cybercrime wing and would be brought to Chennai soon.

Both suspects had been on the radar of India anti-crime departments for what authorities described as suspicious movement and transactions.

They were said to have entered India two years ago on a business visa. Since August 2022, they have been sending phishing emails to cooperative banks across the country and allegedly managed to steal from 10 different banks, reports Times of India.