Two Malaysian men have been arrested for stealing banking information in Bangkok and using it to produce fake ATM cards for their accomplices in Songkhla between February and April, Central Investigation Bureau commissioner Pol MajGeneral Panya Mamen said yesterday.
Their action victimised more than 100 people, causing damage amounting to Bt10 million. The suspects, Ko Fuk Chai, 35, and Lim See Chow, 34, were arrested at the border checkpoint at Songkhla's Sadao district on Wednesday.
In their possession, police found 81 ATM cards, three skimming devices, three sets of closedcircuit cameras, 72 SIM cards for mobile phones and materials used to produce fake cards. Several commercial banks filed complaints that the culprits had installed skimming devices on ATM machines, in order to steal data.
Initially, police found the two men installing skimming devices on five ATM machines in Bangkok's Lat Phrao district. Undercover officers followed them until they were led to three Malaysian men who made fake cards and withdrew money in Songkhla.
However, only two of the three were nabbed, and police found the evidence in a raid of their hotel room in Hat Yai.