24 detained over POS credit card swindle
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TWENTY-FOUR suspected credit card cheats have been detained after a local bank complained about their use of POS machines, police said yesterday.
Using stolen personal data, the suspects allegedly applied for at least 400 credit cards and made over 5 million yuan (US$750,000) by swiping them at POS machines registered under certain company accounts.
Police said they found 1,000 identity cards and 200 fake company seals in recent raids in Shanghai and provinces of Guangdong and Hunan.
Meanwhile, 10 suspects have been detained for allegedly selling illegally acquired personal data.
Among them were two clerks at a local bank who allegedly acquired over 6,000 pieces of personal credit information.
The investigation was launched after the bank became suspicious about a large increase in the number of credit information inquiries being made through its computer system and reported the matter to police.
Shanghai police yesterday said 760 suspects involved in 800 cases of credit card fraud have been caught this year and 20 million yuan has been recovered.
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