Customs officials at the Dhaka airport have found 1,000 ATM cards inside an unclaimed luggage.
The recovery has been made amid incidents of frauds committed by installing slimming devices at ATM booths in Bangladesh.
The luggage was found on Wednesday at the airport’s Cargo Village, Customs Deputy Commissioner Riyadul Islam told bdnews24.com. “There were 1,000 ATM cards inside the bag.”
He said they were trying to find out how the bag came there. No arrest has been made so far.
Skimming devices and video cameras were installed illegally at six booths of United Commercial Bank, Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) and City Bank to steal client information.
Altogether 1,200 illegal transactions took place after the devices were installed. As many as 40 bank cards were cloned to withdraw Tk 2 million, according to media reports, citing police sources.
Police have arrested a foreign national and three Bangladeshis, who are employees of City Bank’s IT division, over their suspected involvement in the fraud.
Source: Bd news24