Sharjah, April 26: The Sharjah Police, on Sunday, arrested a Sri Lankan man who was in possession of advanced equipment which is allegedly used to load information in credit cards and ATM cards.
The CID received information that the suspect was using forged credit cards to withdraw money. In addition to this, he was also buying items in connivance with certain commercial establishments after paying them commission.
After confirming the reports, the police set up a trap to arrest the suspect who was very cautious in his movements.
The police pretended to be a jeweller who wanted to withdraw some money through a credit card and asked for his help.
The police then arrested the suspect with four credit cards, two of which belonged to local banks and two others belonged to international banks.
During interrogation, the suspect confessed that all the cards in his possession were forged.
He explained that he collected expired ATM cards and used the equipment he had to delete all the information from the magnetic slide on the card.
He then loaded new information with accounts of bank clients whose cards had been stolen.
He said he got this information from a website which is specialised in selling information of bank customers.
He allegedly managed to buy a lot of information about clients after paying Dh200 through the website. Based on his confession, the police was able to verify his claims.
The police then raided the premises and found a large number of different types of credit and debit cards, and the equipment used in carrying out the crime.
The case has been transferred to Sharjah Public Prosecution.
–Agencies