BENGALURU: Staff at IDBI Bank’s Gandhinagar branch caught a Colombian on Thursday with a skimming device which he was trying to install into an ATM machine.
Sanjeev M Patil, deputy commissioner of police (west), said: “Christino, 35, was at the ATM kiosk and began to run when suspicious bank staff questioned him. The employees caught him with the help of passersby. Upparpet police found a skimming device with him.”
Police suspect the Colombian has fixed skimming devices at multiple ATM kiosks in east Bengaluru. Cops, however, are yet to complete his interrogation as he claims he speaks only Spanish.
Christino may have stolen debit card credentials of many customers. “Recently, cybercriminals had withdrawn Rs 7.2 lakh using a blocked debit card,” an officer said. tnn