Three ATM scammers to be indicted in HC



Two Turkish men and a Ukrainian woman, who were in remand custody on charges of having carried out an ATM-skimming racket in Colombo are to be indicted in Colombo High Court on charges of having committed an offence under the Payment Devices Frauds Act, the CID told Court today.

The three suspects -- Zanburkan Hakan and Ahmet Akdemit of Turkey and Maryan Levchnco of Ukraine were produced before Colombo Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage further remanded till August 20.

The foreigners were arrested by the CID when they were attempting to withdraw money from an ATM in Colombo 7 and had in their possession several local and foreign currency notes worth Rs.12.4 million, 30 cards with magnetic strips and a data storage device.(Lakmal Sooriyagoda)



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