Jordan arrests 12 foreigners for bank machine fraud

Middle East News

Aug 21, 2009, 7:56 GMT

Amman - Jordanian authorities have arrested 12 foreigners for committing automated teller machines (ATMs) fraud and warned that the suspects could be part of a regional gang, the Jordan Times reported Friday. The thieves, who are believed to have been operating in the country for two weeks, installed card skimmers and small cameras on ATMs around Amman, using these devices to collect customers' bank card information and withdraw money from their accounts, the paper reported, quoting senior official. The 12 are believed to be part of a network of ATM thieves working in several countries in the region, Public Security Department spokesman Major Mohammad Khatib told the paper. The gang's devices made it possible to read bank cards' magnetic strips and record personal identification numbers (PINs) entered by bank clients, he said. Policemen raided the homes of the gang members, arrested them and seized their laptops, along with numerous fake bank cards on which they stored the stolen data and which they used to make withdrawals or purchases, he added.

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