Credit card criminal nabbed

Credit card criminal nabbed

DENPASAR, Bali: Local police have captured a long-time suspect
who is allegedly responsible for masterminding credit card fraud
in the country after seven years' hunt, Antara reported on
Saturday.

The suspect, Budiarto Wibowo, 38, was caught red-handed as he
was engaged in a transaction using an American Express (Amex)
credit card to buy a mobile phone at a branch of the giant
bookstore chain Gramedia on Thursday.

Amex management reported to the local police after finding out
that the name on the credit card was different from that on his
identity card.

"As he was trying to make a cash payment and leave the shop
for his car, police arrested him without resistance," Denpasar
Police chief Adj. Comr. Husein Abubakar said on Saturday.

In a search conducted at his home, police confiscated around
170 forged credit cards from various local and foreign banks, two
imprinting machines, a skimming device, 69 invoices and four
lists of bank identity numbers.

Budiarto is believed to be one of the ring leaders of white
collar crime in Indonesia, as well as being involved in such
crime in Asia, Europe and America. He was arrested for the first
time in Jakarta in 1994 for the same crime, but later escaped
prosecution.