Malaysian Woman On Thai Train Arrested With 108 Fake Credit Cards

[george]

Malaysian woman arrested with 108 fake credit cards

SONGKHLA: -- A Malaysian woman was arrested onboard a Butterworth-Bangkok train late Wednesday night after police found 108 fake credit cards on her.

Acting on tip-off, railway police and Hat Yai tourist police searched the train at midnight and found Maria Carton, 29, appear restless.

She was taken to the Hat Yai Railway station where police found 108 fake credit cards in her bag. The cards were imitations of cards issued by Kasikorn and City Bank and several other banks.

She said she was hired Bt5,000 to deliver the cards to a Thai customer in Bangkok.

-- The Nation 2007-08-23

[lazeeboy]

Malaysian woman arrested with 108 fake credit cards

SONGKHLA: -- A Malaysian woman was arrested onboard a Butterworth-Bangkok train late Wednesday night after police found 108 fake credit cards on her.

Acting on tip-off, railway police and Hat Yai tourist police searched the train at midnight and found Maria Carton, 29, appear restless.

She was taken to the Hat Yai Railway station where police found 108 fake credit cards in her bag. The cards were imitations of cards issued by Kasikorn and City Bank and several other banks.

She said she was hired Bt5,000 to deliver the cards to a Thai customer in Bangkok.

-- The Nation 2007-08-23

5000b seems rather cheap for that amout of cards...........

[dkstoney]

Malaysian woman arrested with 108 fake credit cards

SONGKHLA: -- A Malaysian woman was arrested onboard a Butterworth-Bangkok train late Wednesday night after police found 108 fake credit cards on her.

Acting on tip-off, railway police and Hat Yai tourist police searched the train at midnight and found Maria Carton, 29, appear restless.

She was taken to the Hat Yai Railway station where police found 108 fake credit cards in her bag. The cards were imitations of cards issued by Kasikorn and City Bank and several other banks.

She said she was hired Bt5,000 to deliver the cards to a Thai customer in Bangkok.

-- The Nation 2007-08-23

5000b seems rather cheap for that amout of cards...........

No, usually when I hire a Malaysian to deliver my fake credit cards I offer about B4-5k. All my fake credit card friends pay that amount.

[marginline]

No, usually when I hire a Malaysian to deliver my fake credit cards I offer about B4-5k. All my fake credit card friends pay that amount.

Yes; so do mine!

[SnakeBite]

Are they going to get the perp who was supposed to get the cards or let them go?

[retirednavyman]

Are they going to get the perp who was supposed to get the cards or let them go?

I'm sure she probably cut a deal in exchange for a reduced charge to name the perp, at least I hope so

[Jai Dee]

Thai cops nab Malaysian with fake credit cards

Thai railway police arrested a 29-year-old Malaysian woman for allegedly smuggling in more than 100 fake credit cards in the southern city of Haadyai on Wednesday night.

Haadyai railway police deputy chief Mahuntapol Srinot said the woman was found with the fake credit cards on the Butterworth-Bangkok express train.

Mahuntapol said they made the arrest after being tipped off that a woman passenger would be carrying illegal material into the country from Malaysia.

He said a police team led by Haadyai railway police chief Aukkapak Jitprayoon boarded the train when it stopped in Haadyai at about 6.45pm.

“Upon checking her bag, we found a plastic bag which contained the fake credit cards allegedly issued by most of the commercial banks in Thailand,” he added.

The team also found 5,000 Thai baht (RM500), which the suspect told them was the payment for delivering the credit cards to Bangkok.

Several Malaysians have been arrested by Thai police this year for using fake credit cards to buy goods at popular shopping malls in the capital.

Last year, a Malaysian was caught stealing credit card information from a local bank here.

Source: Bernama - 24 August 2007