The China Post
Date: July 15, 2016
By: John Liu
Up to six Eastern European suspects were implicated in the recent First Bank ATM heist, and
Two heist suspects stand near a First Bank automatic teller machine as shown in this updated security camera footage. Taipei City Police said Thursday, July 14 that at least six foreign suspects were involved in the crime. A similar crime was carried out by an international ring years ago, the police said. (CNA)
three of them, along with the stolen cash, are likely to be still in Taiwan, Taipei City Police said Thursday.
Three suspects have left the country — two of them Russian nationals. There may be more people involved, and no Taiwanese suspects have been identified, the police confirmed.
The suspects worked in two teams of three. One group remotely hacked the ATMs, while the other team physically collected the cash from the machines.
A similar act was carried out by an Eastern Europe ring years ago, and the police are not ruling out a connection with the crime committed over the weekend.
Surveillance video shows that the suspects managed to take out cash without operating the ATMs. The police have identified the escaped Russian nationals as Berezovskiy, 34, and Berkman, 28. [FULL STORY]
