2 Chinese men arrested in Pak for ATM skimming: police
(Eds: Updating with more inputs)Karachi, Jan 10 (PTI) Two Chinese nationals were arrestedtoday for allegedly involving in ATM skimming fraud inKarachi, Pakistan's largest city, officials said.
The arrested foreigners were seen suspiciously doingrounds of ATM booths on Karachi's Abdullah Haroon Road.
Local shop-keepers stopped the duo and handed them overto police, Geo TV reported.
Officials also confirmed that the two foreigners havebeen involved in ATM skimming, it said.
"We have recovered ATM skimming devices from both thesuspects," Superintendent of Police Saddar Tauqeer Naeem said.
"They had come to detach skimming devices from the ATMmachines," Naeem added.
In March last year, two Chinese nationals were arrestedby a Pakistani law enforcement agency for ATM skimming fraud,Dawn newspaper reported.
Fraudsters use different techniques to steal a person'sdebit card PIN code for accessing the money in an account.
Pakistan has witnessed a rapid increase of Chinesenationals in the country in recent years due to many Beijing-funded infrastructure development projects and joint venturesunder the USD 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC).
Some Chinese expatriates, however, have been foundinvolved in criminal activities such as fighting and fraud,Pakistani media reports said in December.
The matter was discussed at a joint working group meetingof the home department of Punjab province and a senior Chinesediplomat in the country in December. PTI AKJAKJ.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.