3 Arrested For Installing a Fake ATM in Guizhou
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Mr. Zhang from Guizhou recently found that 6,000 yuan was missing from his bank account. He did not authorize or made any such transfer so he reported the matter to the police.
At first police thought it was just another telecommunications fraud case. But when Zhang provided them with his recent phone calls and chat records, they quickly ruled out such possibility.
One of the policemen handling the case, Hou Tianfu, told BAFLA reporter there are indeed several calls from strangers in the victim's records, both domestic and international.
However, it was verified that the domestic numbers were mostly salesmen, and all did not involve any transactions with the victim.
Furthermore, they did not ask the victim to click on website links, and neither did the victim made any business transaction following chats or calls with these contacts.
The policemen handling the case had to think out of the box.
Since Zhang's bank card was never lost, whoever can get his hands on this card, there is a high posibility that they are the culprits.
Alas, they soon found that no one, even his close relatives used the card.
As they were about to give up hope on solving the case, Zhang remembered a small detail that gave them a lead.
About half a month ago, Zhang wanted to withdraw some money from an ATM but the machine displayed that something went wrong. "After entering the password, a dialogue popped up, saying that the machine has temporarily stopped services." He told the police.
A few days later, he noticed 6,000 yuan missing from his bank account.
With this clue, police went to the said Bank's ATM and found suspicious settings on the machine.
▲Two cameras, one on the top left, one on the top right of the ATM machine looked suspicious.
The machine had more cameras than standard ones, and fewer service options. After contacting the bank through the name displayed on the ATM machine, bank staff said their bank does not have a branch and neither does it operate any ATM at the said location.
It Started in April, 2019
Mr. Xu, the landlord of the building, told the police that he received a call in April 2019 from a stranger who said he wanted to rent the store front. He offered to pay a rent of 5,500 yuan a month.
The two never met, and monthly rent was paid by the tenant through bank transfers. Police quickly found the man who were transfering the rent to the landlord, Mr. Guan.
Guan was seen transfering rent to the landlord through an ATM in Leishan district. The police would later identify two other suspects connected to Guan.
After collecting enough evidence, the police arrested Guan and the other two suspects.
According to the suspects, they bough equipments on the internet and installed the ATM machine in Leishan.
As soon as the victim enters bank card's password, the machine can help them replicate a new card and they can use it as if it is their own bank account.
After disassembling the ATM, police found a router and a mobile phone inside the machine. The suspects were controlling the machine remotely. The mobile phone was used to send the victim's bank account, password and other information to their centralized machine.
Hou Tianfu said, this was a totally strange case even for him as a police officer who have worked on strange cases for over sixteen years. He said he was left completely speechless.
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