Foreigner prosecuted for using fake ATM card to withdraw over half a billion dong
Wang Da Sen entered Vietnam, traveled to many provinces and cities and used a fake ATM card to withdraw over half a billion VND.
On May 10, the Investigation Police Agency of Quang Ninh Province announced that it had issued a decision to prosecute Wang Da Sen (born in 1981, Chinese nationality) for the crime of "Using computer networks, telecommunications networks, and electronic means to commit acts of property appropriation".
Previously, on May 3, Wang Da Sen (from Guangxi, China) was caught red-handed by Quang Ninh Police in coordination with a bank using a fake ATM card to withdraw money at an ATM in Hong Gai ward, Ha Long city.
At the time of his arrest, the police seized 15 fake ATM cards, 700,000 VND, 1 iPhone and many related documents from Wang. During an emergency search of Wang's accommodation at Seoul Hotel, Zone 3, Hong Gai Ward, Ha Long City, the police seized 29 ATM cards, 1 laptop, 3 data copy machines, and 4 USBs.
At the police station, Wang confessed to making his own devices to copy ATM card information to steal money from customers. Since the end of 2017, Wang entered Vietnam and withdrew 365 million VND from ATMs in Hai Phong, 74 million VND in Phu Quoc and 39 million VND in Da Nang.
From April 30 to March 5, 2018, in Quang Ninh province, the subject used an ATM card to withdraw a total of about 40 million VND 4 times. The case is being further investigated by the Quang Ninh Provincial Police Department.
