Man arrested for fake ATM cards

Man arrested for fake ATM cards

JAKARTA: Police arrested on Wednesday a suspect allegedly
involved in the production of dozens of fake Automated Teller
Machine (ATM) cards enabling their users to steal cash from the
accounts of banks' customers

The suspect, John Petrus (43), whose identity card stated that
he lived on Jl. Gelas Dalam No.61, Medan, North Sumatra, was
arrested by city police detectives from the economic crimes
section on Wednesday evening at the Hotel Aston Atrium in Central
Jakarta.

The police, as reported by Detik.com, seized from him 10 fake
ATM cards, similar to those issued by BCA, HSBC, BII, Lippo,
Danamon and Mandiri, along with 10 bank books.

The police also confiscated equipment which could likely be
used in producing the fake ATM cards including an encoding
device, a laptop, a data reading device, and a compact disc
player.

John revealed that he had drawn cash from bank accounts
belonging to dozens of people. He was also preparing to take cash
from 15 other bank accounts.--JP