SHARJAH // A gang used contacts in malls, hotels and jewellery shops to steal bank account and credit card numbers from overseas visitors.
The men used the numbers to take money, said police.
Federal Criminal Police received reports of a plan to defraud bank customers from European countries using details scammed by a gang in the UAE.
They referred the information to Sharjah Police CID, and a task force was formed to investigate.
The officers found that members of the gang had tried to contact the manager of a hotel to provide them the bank details in exchange for 40 per cent of the stolen amounts.
The manager tipped off the police and then set a meeting with the suspects, who arrived with their computers carrying a large number of bank details.
The men were arrested.
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