>> Police start fight against ATM crimes
A Ho Chi Minh City man who returned to an ATM booth to wipe fingerprints he had left while stealing a camera there earlier was apprehended by security officials and handed over to the police.
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| Vu Viet Hung at the police station Photo: Tuoi Tre |
Vu Viet Hung, 34, of Phu Nhuan District was caught Tuesday at a Sacombank ATM on Cong Hoa Street in Tan Binh District.
He later told the police he had worn a mask and used a wire cutter to steal two security cameras from an ATM booth belonging to the Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) on Ba Thang Hai Street.
Realizing how easy it was, he used the same method to steal the Sacombank camera Tuesday.
But on returning home, he remembered he had touched another camera at the ATM with his bare fingers and returned to wipe them clean when he got caught.
It had been his first theft, he claimed, and he had planned to install the cameras in his house.
Each camera costs around VND9 million (US$450), according to Vietinbank.