4 Bulgarians And 1 German Involved In Atm Fraud, Arrested By Pattaya Police

[Rimmer]

4 Bulgarians and 1 German involved in ATM Fraud, arrested by Pattaya Police

PATTAYA:--Four Bulgarians and a German accused of involvement in a multi-million Baht ATM card theft operation have been arrested by Pattaya Police.

Mr. Stefan Nikolaev Savovski aged 38, Miss Diana Dianova Dimitrova aged 20, Miss Gergana Hristova Krekmanova aged 27 and Mr. Iliyan Aleksandrov Ininski aged 37, all from Bulgaria and Mr. Plamen Ivanov Hlebarov aged 45, originally from Bulgaria but travelling on a German Passport were arrested at an ATM in front of a 7-Eleven Convenience Store in Soi Potisampan in Naklua late on Thursday Night.

They were caught with 33 ATM cards featuring banks from China, Finland, United Kingdom and Germany. They were taken to the Transnational Crime Suppression Center at Pattaya Police Station where it was determined the ATM cards were counterfeit and were believed to contain bank details of individuals who were tricked into giving over their account details through a website.

The group was also in possession of Western Union Money Transfer tickets with the same recipient in Bulgaria. It was revealed the two couples and the German had come to Thailand on standard package holiday deals and were told to use the cards as much as possible. They were told to keep 30% of the proceeds and send the rest to the organizer of the operation in Bulgaria.

Full story:http://www.pattayaon...pattaya-police/

-- Pattaya One 2012-04-06

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[BrianCR]

And as an added bonus they get an extended stay in the Bangkok Hilton courtesy of the Thai Government - looks like a win win situation to me! Holiday - money - plus an extended stay

[Thaddeus]

All of them at one ATM machine. Smart.

[redroo]

Scumbags...

Hope they suffer long and hard,

after they drop the soap

[Pib]

They're innocent!!!!...Just ask any of them!!!

[transam]

All of them at one ATM machine. Smart.

Well they are from Bulgaria, had to watch that their brethren didn't rip them off.

[Bengt]

Well done...................

[MEL1]

We have ATM and WUMT.

At This Moment What? U Mean Time?

-mel.

[trainman34014]

Very odd. Most East European scumbags normally head for Britain. Probably full up, so they came East.

[Thunder26]

Very odd. Most East European scumbags normally head for Britain. Probably full up, so they came East.

Agreed, but for the last years in Thailand it is pretty common. Eastern Europeans are quite good at scamming. Just how many Romanian ATM gangs have been caught so far? Many! Britain slowly becomes less attractive as the quality of life goes down the hill over there. So the scumbags will look for better opportunities, where? I don't know, may be they know

[h90]

5 Bulgarians, 0 Germans.

1 Bulgarian could get a German Passport somehow

[espinoza]

In Norway they already filled up the jails with east europeans. It`s full there and than the norwegian government gives tickets for free, just to leave the country.

[chops]

It's a family destination...

[webfact]

5 Bulgarians nabbed for fake ATM card withdrawals

CHONBURI, April 7 - Five Bulgarians were arrested for using counterfeit credit cards to withdraw money from Thai banks’ automatic teller machines (ATMs), according to the provincial office of the Thailand Transnational Crime Coordination Centre.

The five-person gang consisted of three men and two women--Stefan Nikolaev Savovski, 38; Iliyan Alek Sandrov Ininski, 37; Plamen Ivanov Hlebarov, 21; Diana Dianova Dimitrova, 21, and Gergana Hristova Krekmanova, 28.

Mr Savovski was arrested as he was withdrawing cash from a Siam Commercial Bank machine in Pattaya. The rest of the gang was apprehended after being identified by him.

Thirty-three counterfeit credit cards were seized.

Police said the suspects confessed the money was transferred to Bulgaria via Western Union. They received 10 per cent of the total withdrawn from the ATM machines.

Mr Savovski said the gang was hired by a group of Bulgarians in their home country who stole real data on the credit cards and made up fake cards for the scam.

Chonburi police chief Pol Maj-Gen Jamnong Rattanakul said the gang's behaviour has given a bad image to Pattaya City, as one of Thailand's main tourist destinations.

He said immigration police will coordinate for a stricter screening of such criminal elements from entering the country in future. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-04-07

[keestha]

These people seem like drug mules to me. They are taking the heavy risks, the boss back home in Bulgaria doesn't.

[sparebox2]

Bulgarian I can understand.

But German? Isn't German rich enough already?

[elektrified]

Bulgarian I can understand.

But German? Isn't German rich enough already?

He's not a German. Somehow he's traveling on a German passport.

[xthAi76s]

Bulgarian I can understand.

But German? Isn't German rich enough already?

He's not a German. Somehow he's traveling on a German passport.

Don't feed the troll. The troll saw the comment prior about the person not being German.

[sparebox2]

In Norway they already filled up the jails with east europeans. It`s full there and than the norwegian government gives tickets for free, just to leave the country.

And come back (to Morway) on the next available ship, with a German passport.

[WilliaminBKK]

5 Bulgarians nabbed for fake ATM card withdrawals

CHONBURI, April 7 - Five Bulgarians were arrested for using counterfeit credit cards to withdraw money from Thai banks’ automatic teller machines (ATMs), according to the provincial office of the Thailand Transnational Crime Coordination Centre.

The five-person gang consisted of three men and two women--Stefan Nikolaev Savovski, 38; Iliyan Alek Sandrov Ininski, 37; Plamen Ivanov Hlebarov, 21; Diana Dianova Dimitrova, 21, and Gergana Hristova Krekmanova, 28.

Mr Savovski was arrested as he was withdrawing cash from a Siam Commercial Bank machine in Pattaya. The rest of the gang was apprehended after being identified by him.

Thirty-three counterfeit credit cards were seized.

Police said the suspects confessed the money was transferred to Bulgaria via Western Union. They received 10 per cent of the total withdrawn from the ATM machines.

Mr Savovski said the gang was hired by a group of Bulgarians in their home country who stole real data on the credit cards and made up fake cards for the scam.

Chonburi police chief Pol Maj-Gen Jamnong Rattanakul said the gang's behaviour has given a bad image to Pattaya City, as one of Thailand's main tourist destinations.

He said immigration police will coordinate for a stricter screening of such criminal elements from entering the country in future. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-04-07

I wonder who the farang is standing with the Police.

[ratcatcher]

"Chonburi police chief Pol Maj-Gen Jamnong Rattanakul said the gang's behaviour has given a bad image to Pattaya City, as one of Thailand's main tourist destinations."

I am glad that Police Major General Rattanakul was able to hit the nail on the head with that statement.

[Bluespunk]

Hmm good point who is the western looking guy in police line?

[Bluespunk]

Bulgarian police liason?

[Sydebolle]

......

He said immigration police will coordinate for a stricter screening of such criminal elements from entering the country in future. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-04-07

I wonder who the farang is standing with the Police.

Here we have it. It is the scrcter screening at Swampi creating those long queues - it's our fault that all our scum ends up in Thailand - Nuff said!

[geriatrickid]

All of them at one ATM machine. Smart.

I note the mention that the arrested are Bulgarians.

[geriatrickid]

Hmm good point who is the western looking guy in police line?

I would expect a German representative.

[Sateev]

We have ATM and WUMT.

At This Moment What? U Mean Time?

-mel.

I can't even get Google Translate to decipher this guy's posts. Anyone got their Captain Marvel decoder ring handy?

[technologybytes]

The reason they are doing this here is that ATMs here have very old technology, except for a handful of the newer Bangkok Bank ATM machines they can only read the black stripe and don't look for an embedded chip, thats the reason why they come here instead of Europe.

There are just a bunch of mules, the organizers are safe and even the western union recipient is another mule, the real criminals are unlikely to be caught.

Of course, they will never spend a day in the Bangkok Hilton. They will spend a few months in a local jail and then get sent home, Thailand does not really care that much as there is no financial loss at all in Thailand, the money is being stolen from overseas bank accounts, not from Thai accounts. The names of the banks on the cards are irrelevant, somewhere close by is a guy with a machine to recode the cards, he didnt need to carry it through customs as they can buy them in Pantip Plaza Bangkok anytime.

[ronthai]

Great, some more scammers caught. Guess they thought Thailand was an easy target for this scam. How wrong where they. Have fun at Bangkok Hilton.

It is the result of one of many 419 scams all over the internet.

We all know about Nigeria and $20M and all the fake "You have won the lotto" emails.

Loads of reading material on 419eater (google it). NO just a nessacery good on the bad internet

They actively go after all scammers and close them and their internet websites down.

You also can report any emails and stuff you get from scammers.

Edited April 7, 2012 by ronthai

[TeddyFlyfisherDavis]

5 Bulgarians nabbed for fake ATM card withdrawals

CHONBURI, April 7 - Five Bulgarians were arrested for using counterfeit credit cards to withdraw money from Thai banks’ automatic teller machines (ATMs), according to the provincial office of the Thailand Transnational Crime Coordination Centre.

The five-person gang consisted of three men and two women--Stefan Nikolaev Savovski, 38; Iliyan Alek Sandrov Ininski, 37; Plamen Ivanov Hlebarov, 21; Diana Dianova Dimitrova, 21, and Gergana Hristova Krekmanova, 28.

Mr Savovski was arrested as he was withdrawing cash from a Siam Commercial Bank machine in Pattaya. The rest of the gang was apprehended after being identified by him.

Thirty-three counterfeit credit cards were seized.

Police said the suspects confessed the money was transferred to Bulgaria via Western Union. They received 10 per cent of the total withdrawn from the ATM machines.

Mr Savovski said the gang was hired by a group of Bulgarians in their home country who stole real data on the credit cards and made up fake cards for the scam.

Chonburi police chief Pol Maj-Gen Jamnong Rattanakul said the gang's behaviour has given a bad image to Pattaya City, as one of Thailand's main tourist destinations.

He said immigration police will coordinate for a stricter screening of such criminal elements from entering the country in future. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-04-07

I wonder who the farang is standing with the Police.

Good question...