Oleg Sveatobog (left) and
Vasile Dodon (right) have been arrested for allegedly using counterfeit
electronic cards to rob Pattaya ATMs.
Boonlua Chatree
Two Romanian men were arrested for allegedly using counterfeit
electronic cards to rob Pattaya ATMs.
Vasile Dodon, 30, and Oleg Sveatobog, 32, were captured in the wee hours of
January 8 following a tipoff from Siam Commercial Bank’s security
department.
Dodon was caught with two fake ATM cards on him and another 170 in his
Shakespeare Family Hotel room. Sveatobog was caught with a single fake card,
but police found an additional 149 cards, four skimmers and 12,000 baht cash
in his room at the same hotel.
Police said the men confessed to manufacturing and using the counterfeit
cards, then transferring the illegal proceeds overseas.
