Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-22
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The final NT$5.78 million (US$180,000) from the First Commercial Bank automatic teller machine theft might have been taken outside the country by the thieves, reports said Friday.

A mostly East European group of more than a dozen people allegedly stole a total of NT$83 million (US$2.59 million) from more than 40 of the bank’s ATMs over the July 10 weekend, but all but out NT$5 million has been found.

On Friday, police were still investigating a 65-year-old man from Taipei City’s Neihu District who had taken part of the money home after finding it in a park before telling the authorities.

However, in the latest twist in the saga Friday, media reported that two of the suspects, an Estonian and an Australian, had exchanged NT$200,000 (US$6,200) into Korean won, Australian dollars and U.S. dollars at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport just before leaving the country on a flight to South Korea on July 11.     [FULL  STORY]