Earlier in 2016, Ukraine born Piotr Szcdepan Mazurek, who entered Bangladesh with a Polish passport, was arrested for ATM fraud. Most of the fraud activities take place via electronic delivery channels, such as mobile banking, ATM and plastic card transactions. Bangladesh Bank data shows about 14.66m debit cards and 1.13m credit cards are in circulation in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Bank Spokesperson and Executive Director Serajul Islam told Dhaka Tribune that they are yet to get any information on the latest ATM fraud. “A number of foreign nationals were earlier arrested in ATM fraud in Bangladesh.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 02, 2019 15:11 UTC