Two Malaysians jailed for credit card fraud
Posted by Bao Viet Nam on January 7, 2009
Hanoi (VNA) – A Hanoi court sentenced Tan Wei Hong, 26, and Cham Tack Choi, 23, both from Malaysia, to seven years in prison on January 7 on charges of using fake credit cards.
The two Malaysians were arrested on December 21, 2007, when they went on a shopping spree at the Louis Vuitton fashion shop in Ngo Quyen street , Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi , buying expensive suitcases and bags costing almost 6,000 USD.
While Choi was paying the cashier with three international credit cards bearing his name, a member of staff recognised him as he had previously used contraband credit cards to pay for goods in the same shop and reported this suspicion to the police.
Hong later admitted to the police that he had visited Vietnam on three occasions and used fake credit cards to pay for 293 million VND (17,000 USD) worth of goods.
Choi had made two visits to Vietnam for the same purpose and had used fake cards to rack up more than 275 million VND (16,200 USD) in goods. –
