PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC—Police Friday said they had arrested two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nationals for ‘skimming,’ a form of fraud in which criminals copy the debit card details to steal money from their victims.
The police said that they had arrested a 40-year-old Trinidadian and a 39-year-old Guyanese after a woman. Last week, a woman filed a report indicating that much money had disappeared from her bank account.
The statement obtained from her bank showed that SRD 10,000 (One SRD =US$0.03) had been withdrawn from an ATM in Paramaribo and that a payment of SRD 28,000 had been made with a debit card at an electronics store in the capital.
The woman said she had not made these transactions and filed a report with the police.
The police said the two Caribbean nationals were later arrested and that it has become apparent that the two men must know more about a series of debit card fraud cases in recent days.
Police said they found and confiscated 94 counterfeit debit cards in the suspects’ vehicle. The Fraud Department of the Suriname Police Force is further investigating the case.
On Thursday, the Surinamese Bankers Association (SBA) warned citizens to be alert because debit card fraud cases had been discovered.
The Suriname Cyber Security Incident Response Team (SURCSIRT) of the Directorate of National Security also reported the increase in skimming cases and called on citizens to be alert.
Since last Tuesday, the SURCSIRT has received various reports of skimming activities at ATMs in Paramaribo. SURCSIRT is currently conducting a large-scale investigation into these activities with the stakeholders.
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