The Ministry of the Interior has announced the arrest of the members of an international criminal organisation that uses stolen bank cards to withdraw money and deposit it in the account of a company in collaboration with its employees.

The Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday that the Department of Combating Economic and Electronic Crimes at the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation managed to arrest members of an international criminal organisation after they used Point of Sale (POS) machines to withdraw money using stolen international bank cards and deposited it in the accounts of different companies in collaboration with come employees of these companies.

It added that a comparison of the business activity of companies with the withdrawal details showed discrepancy, and accordingly, a warrant was obtained to search the residence of the accused. During the search point-of-sale devices and withdrawal receipts were seized, confirming the defendants' recognition of the charges attributed to them during the investigation, and that they were referred to the authorities concerned to complete procedures.

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