INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, June 21
The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police has arrested a person for allegedly stealing information and pin codes
from debit/credit cards inserted into ATM machines and using the information to withdraw cash.
According to CIB, Raju Kumar Pandey, 33, of
Bara district was held from his rented house in Shankhamul, Kathmandu, yesterday
Superintendent of Police Deepak Regmi said Pandey had colluded with Romanian nationals to withdraw more than two million rupees from various
ATM booths of Rastriya Banijya Bank in Kathmandu.
&Our investigation shows that Pandey came into contact with three Romanian nationals, who
are members of international ATM skimming fraud racket, in Thamel and stole debit/credit card information of bank customers before
withdrawing cash,& he said
Pandey and the Romanian nationals distributed the cash withdrawn from ATM booths in an unauthorised manner among themselves equally
CIB suspected that the foreign racketeers had already managed to flee Nepal.
As many as 12 debit cards of several persons, two plain debit
cards, two mobile phone sets, two laptops, a motorcycle and Rs 686,000 in cash have been confiscated from Pandey
ATM skimming involves stealing information from debit cards by secretly installing an unauthorised card reading device with a hidden camera
in ATM machines to record personal identification numbers entered into the keypad
The racketeers then make duplicate cards using the information and drain cash from ATMs.
CIB has arrested 24 persons, including six Nepalis,
four Romanians, four Turkish, four Bulgarians, two Indians and four Moldovans so far, for their involvement in ATM fraud
Around Rs 9.56 million was seized from those arrested.
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