Published on - 6/21/2008
A SOPHISTICATED MACHINE used for printing forged credit cards was recovered by a special CID team yesterday along with four suspects, sources said.
A defence official told the Daily Mirror the machine was found after interrogating Neshanadan Muruganandan alias Anandan - the alleged mastermind behind an international credit card scam - arrested by Special Task Force personnel in Wellawatte last week.
The official, who declined to reveal the location where the machine was found however said it was found in a house in Colombo. He said the four arrested suspects were also having direct links with the Tigers and further investigations were underway to arrest more suspects.The main suspect had a large number of Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) of credit cards and bank receipts issued by both local and foreign banks, amounting to more than Rs. 100 million, in his possession at the time of the arrest. He also had local bank receipts on credit cards and receipts of goods bought from an electrical items shop during the past three weeks.
He had cloned credit cards using PIN and card numbers obtained from unsuspecting original credit card holders in Britain, Singapore, Switzerland, Malaysia and Canada.(Courtesy: Daily Mirror)
