Police claim to have sniffed out a crime network of
hotels, travel agencies, bank officials and businessmen involved in the
recent ATM scam. File photo shows an ATM of E-Cash
The information was quizzed out of the arrestees, said Monirul Islam, deputy inspector general of police, while talking to journalists at Dhaka police’s media centre.
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One foreign national and three private bank officials have been arrested so far over the scam where at least Tk 20 lakh was swindled out by forging ATM cards of customers.
The four “culprits” – German national Potr Szczepan Mazurek, and City Bank officials Moksed, Rezaul Karim and Refaz Ahmed – said to have spilled out the network.
The ring of fraudsters also includs at least two expatriate Bangladeshis in London. Apart from them, nationals of Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Italy were involved as well. “But not all of them came to Bangladesh,” Monirul said.
Asked whether Piotr told police how much his gang has stolen from banks, he said, Piotr didn't know the exact amount but the transactions were limited to amounts ranging from Tk five to 20 lakhs.
