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2012-11-18 16:11:07
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COLOMBO, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan police on
Sunday said that five Russians had been arrested over a major credit card scam.
Police spokesman Priyashantha Jayakody said that
officers from the police Criminal Investigations Division (CID) arrested the
Russians in Colombo with 250 forged credit cards.
Investigation found the Russians had carried out the
scam with accomplices in Cambodia and Vietnam.
The police spokesman said that the Russians had over
25,000 U.S. dollars in their possession withdrawn from ATM machines in Sri
Lanka.
They also had various equipment including laptops in
their possession which were used in the credit card scam.
Just last month the police warned the public to be
aware of credit card fraud after an Indian national was arrested with blank
cards and equipment to forge credit cards.
The Indian national arrested at the airport had
arrived from Chennai and had in his possession 110 blank magnet cards.
The suspect also owned a decoder which can be used to
copy data from a credit card.
In March this year two Ukrainians were arrested in Sri
Lanka with at least 106 forged credit cards as well as a large sum of stolen
money.
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