SCMP: Armed with fake credit card details from South Africa’s Standard Bank, the crooks hit 1,400 convenience store cash machines in a coordinated attack earlier this month.
A manhunt is underway for thieves who stole millions from Japan’s cash machines nationwide in an hours-long heist, officials and reports said yesterday.
Armed with fake credit card details from South Africa’s Standard Bank, the crooks hit 1,400 convenience store cash machines in a coordinated attack earlier this month.
The international gang members, reportedly numbering around 100 people, each made a series of withdrawals in less than three hours, Japanese media said.
Their haul totalled 1.4 billion yen (HK$101 million), according to the reports, with machines in Tokyo and Osaka among those targeted. It was not clear how the gang made off with the equivalent of millions of dollars so quickly as cash machines usually limit withdrawals to 100,000 yen a day.
“Hours long heist. . . ”
Is that similar to the OJ Simpson slow Ford Bronco police chase?
Not to worry. Every day the value of the yen decreases. By the end of the month the theft will amount to pennies.
“The Collectors” by David Baldacci.