The Russian Federation Ministry of Internal Affairs reports two swindlers accused of stealing money from people’s bank accounts using the cardholders’ personal data were detained in Yekaterinburg. The offenders are reported to have been operating in both Russia and Europe.

‘These Bulgarian citizens, believed to be members of an international group, arrived in Yekaterinburg early this May; the consul of Bulgaria has already been notified,’ the Ministry’s press officer says. The inquiry officers are inclined to think the perpetrators tried to illegally install special devices onto the local ATMs; these were panels covering the keyboard and the card reader that enabled the fraudsters to get access to card information and PINs. They were detained while trying to de-install one of the devices and will have to face a criminal trial.

This information was reported by ITAR-TASS.