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Greek police arrest credit card fraudsters

Mon, Jun 15 2009 17:09 CET

byRene Beekman

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Greek police arrest credit card fraudsters

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A total of 11 Bulgarians and Macedonians had been arrested by Greek police over the weekend, along with three Greek citizens and a Greek-Georgian woman, Greek broadcasters GRReporter said on June 15 2009.

The 15 had been accused of producing and using forged credit cards, GRReporter said.

In apartments belonging to the 15, police apparently found devices for printing forged credit cards.

Allegedly, the arrested had withdrawn 261 000 euro with forged credit cards.

The arrested were being questioned by an investigator, GReporter said.

Also in Greece, a Bulgarian had been caught attempting to install a recording device in a money machine in front of the National Bank of Greece in Pieria, GRReporter said.

In the device's memory, police apparently found details of 52 credit cards, with which the Bulgarian allegedly had withdrawn 60 000 euro from different banks around Greece.

The man was still being questioned, GRReporter said.

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