Showing posts with label Robbery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robbery. Show all posts

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Monday, September 29, 2014

Latin American gang ‘hacks’ ATMs in two states, RM800,000 stolen

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A Latin American gang is believed to be behind a spate of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) "hijacks" involving more than RM800,000 being stolen from banks in Selangor and Johor over the last 24 hours.

The gang was said to have used a high tech software and modified mobile SIM card to bypass the ATM system and "empty" the ATM machines through multiple cash withdrawals done by its members.

Two of the cases were reported in Selangor and one in Johor according to police. The police added that this is the first reported case of money being stolen from ATM machines using such a method.

The first incident was reported in Batu Pahat, Johor at about 9.48am yesterday where the gang managed to withdraw RM265,000 through a series of withdrawals after it managed to hack into the ATM system.

The gang left behind only RM5,103 in the machine.

Their actions were recorded on closed circuit television cameras (CCTV).

It is believed that the software used by the gang, coupled with the "altered" mobile SIM card, had allowed them to override the withdrawal limit, which is usually set at a maximum of RM10,000 per account.

Police said two more incidents occurred in Selangor, specifically Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya about eight hours later.

The criminals, believed to be from the same gang which had struck in Johor, made off with about RM610,000 using the same modus operandi.

Subang Jaya police chief assistant commissioner of police Yahya Ramli told Bernama that in the incident, the men withdrew money from two ATMs hundreds of times in one day.

He said the case is now being investigated under Section 4(1) of the Computer Criminal Act 1997.
“This is the first time such a modus operandi has been used. The suspects hacked into the ATM system to get to the money without having to break open the machine,” he added, according to Bernama.

The suspects were believed to have made 137 withdrawals at around 5.30pm in Subang Jaya yesterday.
The bank management only realised that something was not right when they conducted a check on the particular ATMs.

The same thing also happened at two ATMs in Petaling Jaya at about the same time yesterday.

Petaling Jaya police chief assistant commissioner Azmi Abu Kassim said CCTV checks showed the suspects had opened the top of the two ATMs and had inserted something in it at midnight.

A total of RM303,000 was missing from the affected ATMs. – September 28, 2014.


Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Friday, August 15, 2014

Husband of slain Ambank officer happy justice is served – Bernama - The Malaysian Insider

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Friday, July 11, 2014

Bogus 'civil servants' robbing elderly folk - The Rakyat Post

BUKIT MERTAJAM, July 10:

Going about in large groups, smartly attired in corporate wear and introducing themselves as civil servants from government agencies before robbing their victims — this is the latest tactic employed by a gang of six preying on elderly folk here. So far, two have fallen victim to the gang of robbers within a week.

State Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Mazlan Kesah said police had narrowed down the gang’s movement to the Central Seberang Prai district. He said the gang was dangerous as its members were armed and moved about in large numbers.

“This is the first time in Penang that such a crime (snatch theft and robbery) is being carried out by a large group of suspects as they normally comprise three at the most,” he said. Mazlan was speaking to the press after visiting Salmah Saab, 72, who had fallen victim to the six robbers whom she claimed were smartly attired in office wear.

In the incident last week, Salmah was watering plants outside her home in Kampung Permatang Kebun Sireh when the gang struck. She said she did not suspect anything at first and was about to enter her home when one of the men on a motorcycle grabbed her from behind and cut off her gold bracelet and chain worth about RM13,000.

“No doubt I am still in shock over the incident, but I’m glad I was not physically hurt despite falling to the ground.

“I did not think something like this could happen to me in this village. At first, I thought one of them was my son as it was his usual time to return home and he usually comes home with his friends on a motorcycle,” she said.

N. Letchumy, 70, another victim who became the target of the same gang, suffered losses of about RM10,000 when her gold necklace and rings were snatched by a trio, including a woman, who impersonated as census officers in the 3pm incident on Tuesday A special task force has been set up to trace the gang and Mazlan appeals to those with information to assist in the police investigation.

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