Officers of the MIA "K" Administration in collaboration with criminal investigators of the MIA Intermunicipal Administration "Lubertskoye" detained suspects in the theft of funds from the accounts of customers of one of the largest banks in the Russian Federation.

The malefactors installed on ATMs the equipment reading details of the bank plastic cards.

During the operative-search activities policemen detained “red-handed" three suspects, who tried to remove from the ATM the earlier installed by them skimming equipment in the premises of one of the chain stores in the Moscow Region.

The detainees - a 26-years-old and a 23-years-old natives of the Republic of Moldova and a 36-year-old native of the Republic of Dagestan.

The place of actual residence of one of the malefactors was searched. There were found and confiscated objects and tools used to make fake bank cards, components of skimming devices, fake credit cards, as well as electronic information carriers. All the confiscated equipment has been sent for a computer-technical study.

Criminal investigators of the MIA Inter-municipal Administration "Lubertskoye" initiated on this fact a criminal case on grounds of crime under Art. 158 of the RF Criminal Code ("Theft").

Currently, the operational-investigation activities are continued.

Press-Center of the MIA "K" Administration