Gang arrested

By The Nation

A Ukrainian and two Turkish nationals, accused of being part of a gang of credit-card thieves, were arrested in Bangkok's Siam Paragon shopping mall yesterday.

Police say Andrew Salkosky, 40, from Ukraine, and Kardial Karamen, 33, and Oske Gildiarim, 28, both of Turkey, were taken into custody along with 40 credit cards and some brand-name products. They are accused of belonging to a criminal gang that stole credit-card information and copied it on to blank cards, some of which they sold on the black market.

Police allege the three men also carried the cards to buy brand-name goods in various countries to resell products for cash. Police said the credit cards had details for cardholders in Spain with Bt300,000 on each card - a potential loss to banks of Bt12 million.

-- The Nation 2011-06-28

A Turkish national has been jailed here in Singapore this week, for doing exactly the same crime earlier this year. Seven year jail sentence. Again with links to the Ukraine.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1137437/1/.html

In singapore incident Victims are Turkish national, I can confirm by looking at their names. However, these two "Turkish Nationals" are Russian, not Turkish. Fortunately we don't have this high-tech to copy credit cards, steal high-tech immobilizer cars and so on.