FIA gets custody of Chinese skimmers’ facilitators

Three suspected facilitators of Chinese men allegedly involved in the ATM skimming fraud were produced before a judicial magistrate of District South which allowed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to keep the suspects in custody till January 22.

The court was informed that the three men had transferred huge sums by using skimming devices at an ATM fixed in the city’s Tipu Sultan area.

The attorney for the three accused, however, requested the court to send the accused to the prison on judicial remand. But the court observed that the FIA had submitted the progress report in the case and therefore the agency had the legal authority to hold interrogation against the three men.

The IO informed the court that the accused had been transferring sums from another ATM booth located on Abdulllah Haroon Road.

A lady representing Chinese consulate asked the court to tell about the progress of the case. The court observed that it had directed the FIA official concerned to submit the total progress report on the cases that would enable the court to conclude a legal view on the matter.