Three Russians arrested with fake credit cards

[Thaivisa News]

Phuket:- Three Russian men have been arrested for allegedly opening two ghost shops to steal from others’ credit card accounts using fake cards, police said Friday.

The arrest of Stanislav Komarob, 34, Vitalii Korobkov, 39 and Panteley Akbash, 36, was announced at a press conference by Phuket Police chief Pol Maj Gen Patchara Boonyasit Friday.

During the press conference at the Phuket Police head office, police displayed 33 fake credit cards, a credit card magnetic writer machine, a notebook computer and many credit card sale slips.

Patchara said the three were arrested at the Maringa shop in Tambon Karon of Phuket’s Muang district.

Police planned the arrest after they were alerted by Kasiksorn Bank that fake credit cards have been used on two credit card swipers at two shops, which are Maringa and Thai Herbal in Tambon Karon.

Police staked out outside the two shops until 2 pm Thursday when they saw Komarob and Korobkov leaving the Maringa shop. Police said the other Russian was waiting in a car.

Police came out from the hiding and searched the suspects and found fake credit cards.

The three implicated another Russian, Vladimir Orlov who is still illusive. They said Orlov opened the two shops and obtained contracts with the Kasikorn Bank to use the two swipers at the shops.

They then used fake credit cards with information of other people’s credit card accounts to make false purchases with the two swipers to transfer money to Orlov’s account.

Police found that the two shops had no goods at all.

Immigration police have been alerted to look for Orlov who may try to flee the country.

[mikebell]

They seek him here; they seek him there. That damned elusive Vladimir Orlov AKA The Scarlet Pumpernikelle.