Detectives arrested a Poland national from Gulshan area of the city on Sunday in connection with ATM card forgery.Sources at the Detective Branch (DB) said they arrested Thomas alias Peter, a Poland national, during a drive in the area on Sunday night.Earlier on February 12, the authorities of the United Commercial Bank (UCB) filed a case with Banani Police station as at least Tk 1.26 lakh was misappropriated through ATM card forgery recently.On February 13, the Bangladesh Bank asked several banks to block around 200 ATM cards believed to have been read by “skimming devices” during February 7-9.On February 17, the DB claimed that a citizen of an Eastern European country was suspected to be involved in the ATM card forgery as they had identified the faces of 4-5 foreigners from video footage.
source:UNB
