Sharjah: Sharjah Police have arrested three Nigerian men who were allegedly trying to sell a specialised machine that counterfeits credit cards, a senior police official said on Monday.
According to the official, Sharjah Police received a tip-off about African men who were involved in counterfeiting credit cards, as well as trying to find a buyer for the machine.
Police then launched an investigation and arrested three men.
On the move
The official said the investigation revealed the first suspect did not have permanent residence and that he regularly changed apartments in Ajman.
His apartment was then raided with the cooperation of Ajman Police, and it was then that the two other men were arrested.
According to police, all three suspects were in possession of pornographic films and large amounts of money.
Police said the interrogation revealed that the suspects used the counterfeit credit cards to withdraw cash from ATMs in addition to purchasing expensive goods from shops in Sharjah and Ajman.
According to police, the suspects explained that the machine they used, which was purchased from abroad, would decode all the information from stolen credit cards and allow them to withdraw money from banks.
Passport sold
According to the police, all the suspects were violating the residency law, and one suspect confessed that he sold his passport to a friend who wanted to leave the country.
The case has been transferred to Sharjah Public Prosecution.
