Singaporean Who Cloned Debit Cards For Japan Black Market Nabbed In Melaka

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 A total of 229 debit cards have been seized from the suspect.
Melaka police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said the suspect received a supply of debit cards from a third party via courier before cloning the data and printing the details on blank debit cards with a laser printer. (Facebook pic)PETALING JAYA: A Singaporean man was arrested in Melaka last week on suspicion of cloning debit cards before selling them on the black market in Japan
Melaka police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said the 42-year-old suspect was nabbed following a raid on a condominium unit in Tengkera at about 1.15pm on Thursday.
Dzulkhairi added that the operation followed several months of surveillance and intelligence work, Berita Harian reported.
Police seized a computer, four handphones, a laser cutting machine, a glue gun, two Bank of Monaco debit cards, 227 Joint Development Bank Laos (JDB Bank) debit cards, a debit card printer, S$3,378 and RM5,500.
Dzulkhairi said the suspect had been renting the condominium unit since January to process the fake debit cards.
“The suspect received a supply of JDB Bank debit cards from a third party via courier before cloning the data from the cards and printing the details on blank debit cards using the laser printer.
“After the cards are printed, the suspect would embed a chip and magnetic stripe onto them and turn them into premium or platinum debit cards,” he said.
The state police chief said the Singaporean also had a card reader and payment terminal which he used to ensure the fake cards worked.
He also said fake cards seized by the police were found to have been registered under the names of Japanese citizens and that the suspect earned about S$3,800 (about RM12,600) a month.
The Singaporean is being probed for cheating, unlawful possession of payment instruments and breaching the terms of his immigration pass. - FMT

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