TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono said the police had nabbed another suspect in the ATM skimming case, adding to the six they had arrested earlier.
"There is another suspect in the case," he said at the Jakarta Police HQ on Monday. Argo, however, declined to reveal the initials of the suspect but instead said the suspect was a foreign national.
"The suspect hails from Eastern Europe, we'll disclose the details later this afternoon," he said.
Earlier reports said the Jakarta Police had arrested an Indonesian citizen, MK (29), along with four other suspects comprising a Hungarian and three Romanians.
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Police arrested the five in Tangerang and Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. The suspects have been charged for theft involving 64 banks around the globe.
Police said the 64 banks falling victim to the ATM skimming were spread in 22 countries, most of them in Indonesia, with total estimated losses amounting to billions of rupiahs.
ANDITA RAHMA
