Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/08/17
By Yu Kai-hsiang and Kay Liu
Taipei, Aug. 17 (CNA) Nine foreign nationals, who were arrested in April on allegations of
(CNA file photo)
using forged bank cards to steal more than NT$2.4 million (US$76,475.99), have been indicted on counterfeiting and money laundering charges, the Taipei District Prosecutors Office said Wednesday.
The nine suspects, eight Romanians and one Briton, were arrested after Taiwanese authorities received information from Interpol about a criminal fraud ring operating out of Taiwan.
Several banks in Taiwan had also filed reports about surveillance video footage that showed foreign nationals using counterfeit ATM cards.
According to prosecutors, several members of the criminal ring entered Taiwan in February 2014 and had been using bank card information and pin numbers collected abroad to create counterfeits. [FULL STORY]
