2 Taiwanese jailed for credit card fraud

2 Taiwanese, Lin Ming-Hung and Huang Cheng-Yu, were jailed for 4 years each for counterfeit credit card offences involving more than $6,000. Although the amount involved is not large, the stiff sentence shows that the courts are determined to punish credit card fraud severely. They each pleaded guilty to 3 charges of having counterfeit cards, 2 charges of abetment to cheat and 11 other charges were taken into consideration.

The accused were part of a syndicate which trained them in fraud techniques such as which goods to purchase, and how to react if the retailer made a call to a bank to check the credit cards. It is understood that their detention was as a result of information provided by Card Security Group Singapore.