The Thai Interpol and DSI Police have arrested a Malaysian man who has allegedly swindle about three million baht(RM309,061)from dozens of bank account holders in Chumpon province using ATM skimmers equipt with a tiny camera. Bangkok Interpol Chief Supoj Boonchuduang said that the 43 years old manalso tried to bribe his officers by offering them 1.2 million baht.
"The suspect manage to get someone to transfer the money from Malaysia within one hour.Our officers pretend to agreeto his offer in order to get some of the money back.
We got our break after one witnesssaw three men in a car behaving suspiciouly.Based on the number plate provided,we trace it in to a car rental company and we detain one of the suspects when he came to return the car.Accordin to Supoj,the trio would fix skimmers ,devicesthat thieves install on ATM machines to steal financial information of others and also a camera would record the users pin number.He said investigations showed that the suspect suspects came to Thailand on three seperate occasions Feb.6 Feb.20 March 6 and April 20 2009,The trio believed is believedto be part of big syndicate in Asia.Said Supoj.
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