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Canadian, 2 Sri Lankans arrested with 104 forged credit cards

104 forged credit cards, a magnetic strip reader/writer and two notebook computers were seized from them. -The Nation/ANN

Tue, Oct 20, 2009
The Nation/Asia News Network

Crime Suppression Division police have arrested a Canadian and two Sri Lankans in Bangkok Sunday for allegedly using forged credit cards to draw cash from ATMs.

Sivapriyan Sivapakiyarajah, 24, a Canadian and two Sri Lankan friends - Ajathan Balendran, 22, and Venkadeswaran Maheswaran, 28 - were arrested at their room in the Raja Hotel on Soi Sukhumvit 4 in Bangkok's Klongtoey district on Sunday.

Police seized 104 forged credit cards and a magnetic strip reader/writer and two notebook computers were seized from them.

Police were alerted by a working committee of the bankers club that some foreigners were using forged credit cards to draw cash from ATM machines in the country.

--The Nation/ANN

 
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