KARACHI: A district court sentenced two Chinese nationals to one-yearimprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs50,000 each over their involvement inautomated teller machine (ATM) skimming here on Monday.
According to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the suspects wereinvolved in manipulating ATM machines to take out money.
FIA informed the court that the two suspects were caught red-handed whileinstalling a skimming device at an ATM on Karachi’s Abdullah Haroon Road.It was reported that the arrested foreigners were seen suspiciously doingthe rounds of an ATM booth on Karachi’s Abdullah Haroon Road for the pastthree days.
Citizens took hold of the suspects and handed them over to police. Theywere moved to Artillery Maidan police station for investigation.
Meanwhile, CCTV footage of an ATM booth also showed the suspects installinga skimming device.