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Dec 30, 2009
Fake ATM cards used to cheat
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AN INTERNATIONAL crime syndicate hired at least eight Romanians to make unauthorised cash withdrawals at automated teller machines (ATMs) here.
They were hired in Romania or London, while a couple is believed to have joined in while on honeymoon here. Their mission: to withdraw as much cash as possible from ATMs of the United Overseas Bank and OCBC Bank using green plastic gift cards encoded with stolen ATM card data belonging to account holders living in the United Kingdom. The cards were hidden in board games like Monopoly on the flight here and the culprits were equipped with laptops, card encoders and mobile phones. They went to work on July 2 but all were nabbed the next day, as the Commercial Affairs Department had received a tip-off. By then, they had withdrawn more than $20,000. The police found 270 cloned cards, many with the PIN numbers written on the back. The eight Romanians - seven men and one woman - looked on grimly when their offences were read out in a district court on Wednesday.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Dec 30, 2009
Fake ATM cards used to cheat
<!-- by line --> By Khushwant Singh
<!-- end by line -->
AN INTERNATIONAL crime syndicate hired at least eight Romanians to make unauthorised cash withdrawals at automated teller machines (ATMs) here.
They were hired in Romania or London, while a couple is believed to have joined in while on honeymoon here. Their mission: to withdraw as much cash as possible from ATMs of the United Overseas Bank and OCBC Bank using green plastic gift cards encoded with stolen ATM card data belonging to account holders living in the United Kingdom. The cards were hidden in board games like Monopoly on the flight here and the culprits were equipped with laptops, card encoders and mobile phones. They went to work on July 2 but all were nabbed the next day, as the Commercial Affairs Department had received a tip-off. By then, they had withdrawn more than $20,000. The police found 270 cloned cards, many with the PIN numbers written on the back. The eight Romanians - seven men and one woman - looked on grimly when their offences were read out in a district court on Wednesday.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
