The Nigerian Police Special Fraud Unit in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has charged Timothy Fashina Oluwabukola and Anthony Imonina Odemerho with hacking MTN Nigeria's computers and stealing N1.9billion in airtime and data.
The students, from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) Abeokuta and Resign Regal Academy Benin City, were arraigned before Justice Akintayo Aluko.
The charges include conspiracy, unauthorised access to MTN’s Application Programming Interface (API), and unlawful conversion.
The charges detail the defendants' alleged manipulation of MTN’s systems and conversion of stolen airtime into data.
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