The China Post
Date: July 19, 2016
By: Stephanie Chao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Police said Monday that NT$20 million was still missing from last week’s ATM
Niklae Penkov, from Moldova, is taken into custody by police officers on Monday, July 18. Penkov and two other suspects were caught by police on Sunday. Both were involved in a heist that extracted around NT$80 million from First Commercial Bank (第一銀行) ATM units. (CNA)
heist and that the cash may be stashed in the mountains of Taipei’s Neihu.
Police took three suspects into custody on Sunday.
Interrogation of alleged criminal-mastermind Peregudovs Andrejs, from Latvia, revealed key evidence on the whereabouts of the stolen money.
Police also revealed that computers at the First Commercial Bank’s (第一銀行) branch in London could have been hacked, leading to the subsequent breach in Taiwan.
The director of the London branch has been summoned for questioning as of press time, local media said, among other related persons.
Two other suspects were also caught at a hotel in Taipei City’s Dazhi Sunday night. The two, along with Andrejs, were brought into custody after questioning.
They were detained after police filed their cases at the Taipei Prosecutors Office. [FULL STORY]
