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Foreign syndicate busted for using cloned ATM cards to make cash withdrawals
By Hasnita A Majid, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 21 September 2006 1657 hrs
SINGAPORE: Three men have been arrested for using cloned ATM cards to make unauthorised cash withdrawals at an ATM in Peace Centre.
All are 21-year-old British citizens.
Police nabbed them after they received information on Tuesday about members of a foreign syndicate who have been committing thefts from ATMs in Singapore using counterfeit ATM cards cloned with data stolen from foreign bank accounts in Europe.
On Wednesday, officers from the Commercial Affairs Department and representatives from the Singapore Card Security Group conducted a joint-operation to look out for the culprits.
At about 6.30 pm that day, officers spotted the three men in front of a DBS Bank ATM at Peace Centre.
Two of them were spotted using two cloned ATM cards to make cash withdrawals at the ATM.
Police then moved in to arrest them.
35 cloned ATM cards, many of them affixed with PINs, were found on them.
The 3 men will be charged in court on Friday for Abetment by Conspiracy to Commit Theft (under Section 109 read with Section 379 of the Penal Code) and Unauthorised Access to a Computer (under Section 4 of the Computer Misuse Act).
A person found guilty of theft can be jailed for up to 3 years and can also be fined, while anyone convicted of Access with Intent to Commit An Offence under the Computer Misuse Act can be punished with a jail term of up to ten years or fined $50,000 or both. - CNA/dt