Alleged mastermind of ATM skimming scheme, co-accused sent on remand

A judicial magistrate of District South on Tuesday sent a Chinese national accused of masterminding the ATM skimming scheme on judicial remand for two days. Another suspected skimmer, Zu Zhuping, was remanded for four days.

Earlier, the investigation officer (IO) told the court that Chinese national, Yu Genjo, was the key accused as he was the brains behind the ATM skimming and fraud scheme unearthed in Karachi over the past month.

The IO said the accused was arrested on Monday by the Federal Investigation Agency from Defence Housing Authority (DHA) after collecting information from the suspects that were already in police custody.

The IO further stated that Yu Genjo was the ringleader who used to monitor the criminals’ activities in Karachi. The IO requested to the court to grant 14-day remand against the alleged mastermind, but the court remanded the suspect for only two days.

In the case of Zu Zhuping, the court was informed that he was involved in stealing data and money from ATMs at multiple private banks located in the area of Shabbirabad and around Tipu Sultan Road. The police had recovered Chinese currency, which makes 650,000 in Pakistani rupees, ATM skimming devices, ID card, passport and mobile phone from the possession of Xu Zhuping, the IO said. The court granted four day remand against Zhuping.

The same court on Monday sent five other Chinese nationals accused of using skimming devices to steal bank customers’ data and stealing millions from Pakistani citizens by fraud on remand to the police till January 18.

The IO said they belonged to a 10-member gang that was involved in stealing millions by using skimming devices on ATM machines of several banks on Tipu Sultan Road, Abdullah Haroon Road and other parts of the city.

Two of the accused, Zing Q Ping and Zhong Sheven, are already in custody for the same charges. They were arrested last week from Zainab Market. The other three accused were recently arrested from elsewhere in the city, the IO said. Cases against these accused have been lodged with the FIA’s Cyber Crime Cell.  

Indictment in Aleena murder case on Jan 26

Four accused in the Aleena murder case were provided case documents on Tuesday as the trial court intends to frame charges against them on January 26.

The accused are Aleena's sister, Alveena, Alveena's fiancé Mazhar, Ahsan and Abbas. They were produced before the Additional District and Sessions Judge (East) who ordered the relevant officials to provide the case copies to the accused so they could be indicted at the next hearing.

Alina who was murdered on December 5 was first reported to be killed by robbers, but later on her sister Alveena confessed that she had killed her younger sister along with her fiancé Mazhar.

Alveena accepted killing her sister along with her fiancé Mazhar before the police. She had told the police that her younger sister had her objectionable pictures and, despite repeated requests, was refusing to delete them. This provoked Alveena and Mazhar to the point where they planned to kill her. Mazhar had also accepted his role in the murder.

Two other suspects, brothers Abbas and Ahsan, are alleged to have blackmailed Alveena that caused this brutal murder. Now all the four accused would be indicted in this murder case on January 26.