Card cloning and banknote forging operations closed down

The National Police have reported the arrest of two people involved in forging banknotes in Santo Domingo East and also another arrest in Las Americas relating to credit card fraud.

Police spokesman, Nelson Rosario, identified those arrested for forgery as Frank Israel D�az and Ram�n Alexander Aquino Peguero. He said they were found in possession of false 200 peso and 50 peso notes. Police also seized a monitor, printer, scanner, CPU and colored inks as well as a US$1,000 check.

Rosario also reported the dismantling of a credit card cloning operation in  La Ure�a, on the Las Americas highway.

He said that Daniel Gustavo Montan Almirante (Moren�n) had been arrested in the raid and they had found a complete laboratory of equipment for the creation of cloned cards. They found 24 Visa cards for Banreservas; five MasterCard cards for Banco Le�n; 18  for Banco Popular and six visa cards for BHD, amongst others.

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