KARACHI – A district court sentenced two Chinese nationals to one-year imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs50,000 each over their involvement in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) skimming here on Monday.
According to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the suspects were involved in manipulating ATM machines to take out money.
The FIA officials said the court has also imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on each felon.
Earlier this month, a staff of a bank captured two Chinese citizens while skimming ATM data in Saddar area of the metropolis.
Four Chinese nationals were stealing data from the ATM via a laptop when the bank administrators took notice of the situation and took two of them into custody.
Two suspects managed to escape from the scene.
According to bank officials, a laptop and skimming devices were seized from the possession of two culprits.
