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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
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Chinese shop owner skimmed compatriots’ credit cards, stole B30m

On July 22, police search one of the shops in Chiang Mai, where Chinese tourists' electronic cards were skimmed. Many surveillance cameras were also installed to record customers entering PIN codes. (Police photo)

A Chinese man and three Thais have been arrested for allegedly skimming the credit card data of 1,200 Chinese visitors to their shops in Bangkok and Chiang Mai and stealing 30-million-baht from them using forged credit cards.

Details were released on Monday by Pol Maj Gen Puthipong Musikul, deputy commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB).

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