Antanas Chmieliauskas.
Boonlua Chatree
Transnational crime police arrested two Lithuanians
who were allegedly using forged credit cards in a shopping spree across
the region.
Vaidotas Dirzys, 24, and Antanas Chmieliauskas, 24,
were taken into custody in separate arrests Aug. 27. Police also seized
a total of 52 fake credit cards, cloned using stolen card information
from the United States.
Vaidotas Dirzys.
Col. Thai Prasjaksaksatru said the investigation
began with a complaint from Kasikorn Bank that a foreigner had used a
counterfeit credit card to purchase gold in Laem Chabang. This led to
the arrest of Chmieliauskas at his South Pattaya condominium. Police
found 49 fake cards and receipts in the apartment.
Under questioning, Chmieliauskas gave police enough
information to arrest Dirzys who was caught with three bogus cards and
receipts from gold shops.
