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According to the HCM City Police Department, the card service centre of the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) discovered people using counterfeit cards to withdraw money at an ATM machine in Dong Khoi street in HCM city.
Shortly after receiving notification from Viecombank, police in district 1 and HCM City’s police force were at the scene and arrested Cheng Pusing and Wong Siew Wah, seizing a total of 32 fake credit cards.
The two 19 year-old foreigners admitted they had used fake ATM cards to withdraw money at Vietcombank’s ATM machine and were caught red-handed by the police.
Additionally, they admitted purchasing a bottle of Louis XII wine worth VND106 million in a five-star hotel in district 1 on September 14.
The case is still under investigation.
