INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The suspects accused of stealing money from various ATMs being made public at the Metropolitan Police Range, in Kathmandu, on Sunday,
Courtesy: MPR
KATHMANDU: As many as five Chinese nationals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in hacking bank data and
withdrawing millions of rupees from various Automated Teller Machine (ATM) booths using fake VISA cards in Kathmandu, on Saturday, police
said.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team deployed from the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu arrested Zhu Liangang red-handed while
withdrawing money from Nabil Bank ATM at Durbarmarg yesterday, according to police.
Subsequently, police raided Maya Manor Boutique Hotel in
Hattisar and apprehended his accomplices Lin Jianmeng, Luo Jialei, Qiu Yunqing and Chen Bin Bin.
Police seized Rs 10.26 million, USD 9,108,
1,199 Chinese Yuan, 250 Euro, 5,000 Cambodian negotiable instruments, 80 Hong Kong dollars, 132 units of fake VISA cards, 17 valid VISA
cards, one set of card printing machine, six sets of mobile phones, laptop, and data card, police said in the statement.
Meanwhile, further
investigation is underway, police said.
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