Key accused held over ATM fraud

Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive held a German citizen Thomas Piter, a key accused in connection with money stealing from ATM booths.

Apart from three officials of Citibank were also detained for their suspected involvement in this incident on Sunday night in the capital.

Maruf Hasan Sarker, Deputy Commissioner (Media and Public Relations Department) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police confirmed the matter to Jagonews24.com.

Earlier on 12 February more than Tk20 lakh have been withdrawn from ATM booths of several private commercial banks in recent weeks with at least 40 forged debit cards.

On 17 February, the DB claimed that a citizen of an Eastern European country was suspected to be involved in the ATM card forgery as they had identified the faces of around 5 foreigners from video footage.