ATM heist suspect captured in Yilan County: polilce

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-17
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Peregudovs Andrejs, a Latvian national suspected to be involved in a recent automatic teller machine (ATM) theft of over NT$83 million (US$2.6 million), was nabbed in Yilan County Sunday, police said.

Andrejs is believed to be part of the criminal ring of over 16 members that stole the cash from 41 hacked ATMs at several branches of First Bank on July 9 and 10, according to the Taipei City Police Department.

Immigration records show 13 foreign nationals who are identified as suspects in the case have left Taiwan, but no such record existed for Andrejs.

Soong Chun-liang, a Taipei City police officer on vacation in Yilan, spotted a foreign male at a restaurant who looked like the ATM suspect Andrejs in the photos police released through the media, and tipped off local police about the man, local police said.     [FULL  STORY]