ATM card forgeries

Foreigner, 3 bankers remanded

A Dhaka court yesterday placed a Polish national and three officials of a Bangladeshi private bank, arrested in connection with ATM card forgeries, on a six-day remand each, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mazharul Islam passed the order when Sohrab Hossain, a DB sub-inspector and also the investigation officer of the case, produced them before the court seeking a 10-day remand for each. The court also rejected the bail petitions of the four. Earlier, DB police arrested Piotr Szczepan Mazurek alias Thomas, a Polish national, and three officials of City Bank -- Moksed Al alias Maksud, Rezaul Karim alias Saheen, Refaz Ahmed alias Rony – from Gulshan area in the city on Sunday evening in connection with the recent ATM card forgeries. They detectives also seized an identity card provided by the Germen government and a passport from their possession. During a primary interrogation, Piotr said he was born in Ukraine and after stealing a passport, he changed his name as Piotr from his original name Thomas. He said he had a link with international forgery gang, said Monirul. Piotr also informed that the international gang based in different East European countries -- Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Poland and Africa -- is also active in different countries of Asia and African, said Monirul. 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 17, the DB claimed that a citizen of an Eastern European country was suspected to be involved in the ATM card forgeries as they had identified the faces of 4-5 foreigners from a video footage.

 

 

ATM card forgeries

Foreigner, 3 bankers remanded

A Dhaka court yesterday placed a Polish national and three officials of a Bangladeshi private bank, arrested in connection with ATM card forgeries, on a six-day remand each, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mazharul Islam passed the order when Sohrab Hossain, a DB sub-inspector and also the investigation officer of the case, produced them before the court seeking a 10-day remand for each. The court also rejected the bail petitions of the four. Earlier, DB police arrested Piotr Szczepan Mazurek alias Thomas, a Polish national, and three officials of City Bank -- Moksed Al alias Maksud, Rezaul Karim alias Saheen, Refaz Ahmed alias Rony from Gulshan area in the city on Sunday evening in connection with the recent ATM card forgeries. They detectives also seized an identity card provided by the Germen government and a passport from their possession. During a primary interrogation, Piotr said he was born in Ukraine and after stealing a passport, he changed his name as Piotr from his original name Thomas. He said he had a link with international forgery gang, said Monirul. Piotr also informed that the international gang based in different East European countries -- Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Poland and Africa -- is also active in different countries of Asia and African, said Monirul. 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 17, the DB claimed that a citizen of an Eastern European country was suspected to be involved in the ATM card forgeries as they had identified the faces of 4-5 foreigners from a video footage.