Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Three held for credit card scam

By Nomava Nobumba
21 October 2009

Three Khayelitsha men are in police custody on fraud charges.

Police spokesperson Constable Mthokozisi Gama says the suspects were arrested in a house in Thembani, Khayelitsha this morning following a tip off from the community.

“Police went to the address, searched the house and seized credits cards worth more than R34 000,” says Gama.

During the search police have seized 17 cloned credit cards, three cell phones, a laptop, two fake ID documents, a skimming device (used to read information from the credit cards) and an encoder (which is carried information to the cloned credit cards).

“The suspects are believed to be link to several incidents of syndicate related matters regarding credit card cloning and fraud,” added Gama.

The suspects will appear in Bellville Magistrate’s Court tomorrow on charges of fraud.

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