PANAJI
Separate teams of Panaji and Porvorim police have nabbed six persons suspected for their involvement in ATM
skimming at various places across Goa.
Staff of Porvorim and Panaji police stations received various complaints of unauthorised ATM card transactions.
For instance, Panaji police received a complaint about loss of Rs 60,000 through ATM skimming. Upon developing local intelligence and analysing nearby CCTV footages, the police team tracked down and nabbed a group of three persons in Anjuna. These include accused Steven Lazarov, Husein, both of whom are Bulgarian nationals and Neil Pillay suspected to be involved in carrying out the skimming of ATM cards and robbing the secure data of various bank customers.
Several laptops and skimming cameras have been recovered from them.
Another team of Panaji police detained two suspicious-looking persons namely Abdul Qadar from Karnataka and Gurpreet Singh from Punjab. They were found to be in possession of two card swiping machines.
They were seen moving around Panaji and Old Goa areas and used to seek employment at petrol pumps and shops with the intention of using their own swiping machines. Sources revealed that the police are investigating to ascertain the total amount skimmed by this duo.
Meanwhile, Porvorim police have arrested yet another person named Radaslov, who is believed to be an accomplice of the Bulgarians. The Porvorim Police team is probing the complaint from the manager of Porvorim branch of Canara Bank.
