A police patrol in District 11 has arrested, a 39-year-old man, who wasusing fake ATM cards to withdraw money from a booth belonging to theAsia Commercial Bank (ACB) on Binh Thoi Street.
Co Kim Thach was carrying 23 fake ATM cards, three other cards issuedby foreign banks, 48 million VND in cash and 28 ATM withdrawalreceipts from many booths of different banks, including Sacombank,Techcombank, ACB and HSBC.
Thach told the police that he met aforeigner named Cheng who gave him several fake ATM cards on December 28and asked him to use them to withdraw money from ATMs. Cheng promisedto pay Thach 0.1 percent of the total amount withdrawn.
Thach confessed he had used the fake cards to withdraw about 56 million VND from ATMs of various banks so far.
FollowingThach’s confession, police raided a hotel room in District 11 andarrested Malaysian national Cheng, who was using a passport in the nameof Luis Khoo Boo. The police later found that Cheng’s real name was LoiHawShyan.
The police also arrested two other Malaysian men who were present in the room – Yep Poh Boon and Looi Haw Yang.
Asearch for the room found more than 40 fake credit cards and ATM cards,several laptops, iPads, printers and ATM card readers, many moneytransfer receipts and a number of tools used to make fake cards.
Thethree men said they were provided with pieces of equipment used tocreate fake cards using information and instructions. They later hiredlocal people like Thach to withdraw money.
The police are expanding their investigation./.
Thach told the police that he met aforeigner named Cheng who gave him several fake ATM cards on December 28and asked him to use them to withdraw money from ATMs. Cheng promisedto pay Thach 0.1 percent of the total amount withdrawn.
Thach confessed he had used the fake cards to withdraw about 56 million VND from ATMs of various banks so far.
FollowingThach’s confession, police raided a hotel room in District 11 andarrested Malaysian national Cheng, who was using a passport in the nameof Luis Khoo Boo. The police later found that Cheng’s real name was LoiHawShyan.
The police also arrested two other Malaysian men who were present in the room – Yep Poh Boon and Looi Haw Yang.
Asearch for the room found more than 40 fake credit cards and ATM cards,several laptops, iPads, printers and ATM card readers, many moneytransfer receipts and a number of tools used to make fake cards.
Thethree men said they were provided with pieces of equipment used tocreate fake cards using information and instructions. They later hiredlocal people like Thach to withdraw money.
The police are expanding their investigation./.
