Pattaya Police Bust Two Bulgarians With Fake A T M Cards

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Police Bust Two Bulgarians With Fake ATM Cards



Two men from Bulgaria were arrested in Jomtien for scamming money from Pattaya ATMs with fake bank cards. Police seized a total of 27 ATM cards. The suspects got the fake cards from a Russian man and were sending him most of the stolen money.

PATTAYA – May 9, 2013 [PDN]; The arrests of two Bulgarians tourists who used fake electronic cards to withdraw money from ATMs around the town was made by Special Operations officers from Pattaya police station.

The police had been notified by Siam Commercial Bank that there was a foreign gang that came to use fake electronic cards to withdraw cash from the ATMs in Pattaya, which made the bank lose a lot of money.

So the police went on investigation, and dispersed their forces to monitor every ATM location that the bank staff informed them the cash had been illegally withdrawn. At last, the police found the thieves when they went to a Jomtien ATM.

The suspects were identified as Mr. Prodanov Gorgi Petoth, and Mr. Cassaky Boris Boris Gogif, both Bulgarians. They had the same appearances as the thieves the police had seen on the CCTVs of the ATMs around Pattaya.

Full story: http://www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2013/05/09/police-bust-two-bulgarians-with-fake-atm-cards/

-- Pattaya Daily News 2013-05-09

[canopus1969]

Could they not squeeze a few more into the photo ?

[Kananga]

Could they not squeeze a few more into the photo ?

My favourite cop group shot was one where they were proudly displaying a haul of counterfeit goods and one of the police had an Armani shirt on.

[KED]

Could they not squeeze a few more into the photo ?

And why is not the Russian ring-leader in the photo?

[transam]

BIG problem for us all. Hand removal could deter this type of scrote.

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Bulgarian men nabbed for ATM skimming in Pattaya
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CHON BURI, May 9 - Police in the Thai seaside resort of Pattaya arrested two Bulgarian men Tuesday as they used counterfeit ATM cards to withdraw cash worth millions of baht.

Pattaya police chief Pol Lt Col Chiddecha Songhong, heading the anti-transnational crime centre, said the two detainees were identified as Prodanov Georgi Petrov and Katsarsku Boris Georgiev, both aged 34.

Police also seized 27 electronic bank cards during the arrest.

Col Chiddecha said Siam Commercial Bank had informed police that foreign nationals, using fake ATM cards, withdrew cash from automated teller machine across the city.

Police were able to arrest the pair as they used the fake cards to withdraw money from an ATM machine at Jomtien Beach.

They confessed to police that they got the counterfeit cards from a Russian man and were supposed to later transfer the withdrawn funds to him, keeping ten per cent of the total as their commission.

The accrued damage they inflicted reached several million baht as both men continued to withdraw money for a month, while the card owners whose identities were falsely used were all living overseas.

Col Chiddecha said investigation is underway seeking further arrests in the ATM skimming gang. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2013-05-09

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Pattaya Police arrest Bulgarian’s with fake credit cards



PATTAYA: -- Two Bulgarians were arrested and caught with fake credit cards on Thursday with the assistance of the Siam Commercial Bank who had detected the men withdrawing cash with the cards from ATM’s in the Jomtien area.

Mr. Boris Georgiev Katsarski aged 34 and Mr. Georgi Petrov Prodanov of the same age were located and arrested on Jomtien Beach after security camera footage from ATM’s confirmed their actions and identities.

A total of 19 credit cards were seized and reportedly contain customer account details from British and French banks. During questioning the pair claimed they worked for a Russian Agent who would pay them 10% of everything they were able to withdraw.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/86399/pattaya-police-arrest-bulgarians-fake-credit-cards/


-- Pattaya One 2013-05-09

[Locationthailand]

You can bet the folding will never see the light of day and one report is 19 cards and the other 27. Have the balance disappeared already - just to test their legitimacy of course?

[axact]

BIG problem for us all. Hand removal could deter this type of scrote.

Well it would make it difficult for them to key in the numbers I guess

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QUOTE "The Special Operation officers showed their identities and asked to search the suspects. Police found 19 fake electronic cards hiding in Mr. Prodanov’s right trouser pockets, and found other 18 cards in Mr. Cassaky’s shoulder bag. The bank checked and found that the information in the cards was from France and Britain."

19 + 18 = 37 Not 27 !!!

[Mudcrab]

The police had been notified by Siam Commercial Bank that there was a foreign gang that came to use fake electronic cards to withdraw cash from the ATMs in Pattaya, which made the bank lose a lot of money

The banks didn't lose anything...the poor customers who actually had their accounts robbed lost the money.

[gaucho]

neck the scum ...go to hell handwringers

[julemanden]

Could they not squeeze a few more into the photo ?

And why is not the Russian ring-leader in the photo?

He wasn't available, he was in a Russian prison at the time

[julemanden]

The police had been notified by Siam Commercial Bank that there was a foreign gang that came to use fake electronic cards to withdraw cash from the ATMs in Pattaya, which made the bank lose a lot of money

The banks didn't lose anything...the poor customers who actually had their accounts robbed lost the money.

Where do you get this info from i wonder?