Another Chinese national arrested for ATM skimming in Karachi

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Another Chinese national arrested for ATM skimming in Karachi
By Our Correspondent
Published: January 14, 2018
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A month back Chinese nationals were caught placing scamming devices on ATMs at a shopping centre in CCTV footage in Karachi. PHOTO: EXPRESS

KARACHI: Just four days after two Chinese citizens’ arrest, another fraudster was taken into custody on Sunday for skimming automated teller machines (ATMs) in Karachi. However, three of his accomplices managed to flee the scene.

The Madadgar 15 received an emergency call regarding four Chinese men allegedly skimming ATMs of private banks in Shabbirabad, Tipu Sultan Road.

The police responded within 10 minutes and managed to arrest one suspect identified as Xu Zhuping. They also recovered Rs650, 000, various amount of Chinese currency, ATM skimming devices, Identity card, passport and a mobile phone from his possession.

Two Chinese ATM fraudsters held in Karachi

On Wednesday, two Chinese men were apprehended for placing a skimming device on an ATM in Zainab Market

A month ago, according to CCTV footage, same nationals were caught placing skimming devices on ATMs at a shopping centre in Karachi.

 

[BannuTorkham]

sad incident and a dent to budding sino pak people to people relationship.. such incidents lead to stereotype building and xenophobia

similar.kind of things happened in india when Nigerian nationals were. beaten in delhi because a stereotype had developed around them..

while we have to applaud the western society for. being much broad minded.. yes idiots are there.. but the amnt of scams done by desis still west tolerates many

 

[Devil Soul]

Chinese national suspected of ATM skimming arrested in Karachi
Imtiaz AliUpdated January 14, 2018
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Chinese national Xu Zhuping arrested for suspected ATM fraud in Karachi. ─ Photo by author

A Chinese national suspected of ATM skimming was arrested in Karachi's Bahadurabad area on Sunday, while three of his alleged accomplices managed to evade capture.

The latest arrest comes days after two Chinese men were arrested for allegedly planting a skimming device at a Habib Bank Ltd ATM in Zainab Market.

A statement issued by the senior superintendent police East said law enforcers received a call early this morning about a Chinese suspect skimming ATMs at Summit Bank and Muslim Commercial Bank in Tipu Sultan Road's Shabbirabad area.

Police, who responded to the call within 10 minutes, arrested one Chinese national identified as Xu Zhuping and recovered Rs650,000, Chinese currency, ATM skimming devices, his ID card, passport and cellphone from his possession.

Three suspects, however, managed to flee the scene. Police are in the process of obtaining CCTV footage of the area and investigating the incident further, the statement said.

Incidents of ATM skimming in Karachi appear to have first surfaced in 2016. The criminals used skimmers to capture banking data off debit and credit cards.

Skimmers are physical devices that are installed over the actual ATM card slots that read the data of the magnetic strips.

Find out more: How to keep your bank account secure from ATM skimmers

Incidents of skimming seem to have become more frequent and widespread since then ─ taking place in Rawalpindi and Azad Jammu and Kashmir ─ with a bank confirming in December 2017 that over Rs10 million had been stolen from 559 of its accounts.

A bank executive told Dawn that transactions had been traced to Indonesia, China and other countries.

Several foreigners have been arrested for allegedly stealing data from banks using skimming devices at ATM facilities.

 

[somebozo]

Pak cheen chori zinda baaad!

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Hire this man for ELINT trust me!!! Or give him a good position in education, electronics or IT

 

[Laozi]

Three more Chinese nationals suspected of ATM skimming fraud arrested, Rs 2.3 million recovered

KARACHI: “Another three Chinese nationals suspected of ATM skimming fraud have been arrested in Karachi while 2.3 million and 350 ATM cards have been recovered from their possession,” Clifton Police Superintendent (SP) Dr Asad Malhi said on Sunday.

Dr Malhi told the media that the police had made the arrests after receiving regarding suspicious activities of a group of Chinese men in Defence phase-II on Saturday night, however, two of their accomplices managed to escape.

The SP said that according to their initial analysis, the group is believed to be a part of an organised gang which employs young Chinese men for skimming frauds.
The suspects were handed over to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), he informed.

The incident takes the number of Chinese men arrested within this week in relation to ATM skimming frauds in Karachi to six.

Earlier in the week, two Chinese men were arrested for allegedly planting a skimming device at a Habib Bank Ltd ATM in Zainab Market while another was arrested today in Bahadurabad.

On the rise in recent days, the incidents of ATM skimming in Karachi appear to have first surfaced in 2016. The criminals used skimmers to capture banking data off debit and credit cards.

Skimmers are physical devices that are installed over the actual ATM card slots that read the data of the magnetic strips.

Incidents of skimming seem to have become more frequent and widespread since then ─ taking place in Rawalpindi and Azad Jammu and Kashmir ─ with a bank confirming in December 2017 that over Rs10 million had been stolen from 559 of its accounts.

A bank executive told the media that transactions had been traced to Indonesia, China, and other countries.

Several foreigners have been arrested for allegedly stealing data from banks using skimming devices at ATM facilities.
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