The Nigeria Police Force has uncovered a large-scale cyber-enabled fraud that led to the illegal diversion of a telecommunications company’s airtime and data resources, with losses estimated at over N7.7 billion. Investigators discovered that the fraudsters gained access to the company’s core infrastructure after compromising internal staff login credentials, allowing them to manipulate airtime and data resources on a massive scale. The suspects arrested were identified as Ahmad Bala, Karibu Mohammed Shehu, Umar Habib, Obinna Ananaba, Ibrahim Shehu, and Masa’ud Sa’ad. “The syndicate was responsible for the illegal diversion of a telecommunications company’s airtime and data resources, resulting in an estimated financial loss of over N7.7 billion,” the Force said in a statement on Tuesday. The statement was signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.