ARMENIAN NSS ‘NEUTRALIZES’ INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL RING OF 3 ROMANIAN AND 1 LATVIAN CITIZENS
ARMENPRESS
Aug 28, 2008
YEREVAN, AUGUST 28, ARMENPRESS:Armenian National Security Service (NSS)
said today on August 27 it ‘neutralized’ an international criminal
ring of 3 Romanian and 1 Latvian citizens, who had withdrawn million
of drams in cash from ATMs in Yerevan and outside it by using fake
plastic cards.
A statement by the NSS said the group operated in Armenia throughout
August withdrawing over 80 million Drams. It said a search in their
hotel room revealed 160 fake plastic cards, as well as foreign and
Armenian currency. It emerged that the fraud deals had been implemented
by using account numbers of the British Barclays bank customers.
The NSS said a criminal case was launched to find out other
circumstances of the fraud and joint moves are being carried out
together with Interpol and other international law-enforcement bodies
to fully expose the group’s activity
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
