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Police nab 23 for UnionPay fraud

2017-01-06 08:01     Comment:1

The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday arrested 23 suspects for their alleged involvement in the illegal use of UnionPay cards by conducting bogus cash transactions so that clients could get cash after swiping their cards on POS (points of sale) machines.
The police also busted a shop in Taipa which allegedly served as a workshop that modified POS machines smuggled from the mainland, so that they could be used in Macau.
According to the Judiciary Police, 40 PJ officers, in collaboration with five officials from the Macau Monetary Authority (AMCM), searched 13 shops in Zape, Taipa and Cotai yesterday, and found that eight shops were involved in the illegal use of UnionPay cards by providing bogus cash transactions for clients.


Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort suspects involved in the UnionPay fraud case to PJ vehicles in Rua Governador Tamagnini Barbosa in Taipa yesterday. – Photos: Iong Tat Choi


PJ officers place evidence seized during yesterday’s anti-fraud operation into a PJ vehicle in Rua Governador Tamagnini Barbosa in Taipa yesterday.

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