October 23rd, 2009 
Before You Invest Bangkok, 21 October, (Asiantribune.com): Thai police nabbed three Sri Lankan Tamils on Monday (19 October) in downtown Bangkok for alleged credit card forgery.
The suspected trio were identified as Sivapriyan Sivapakiyarajah, a naturalized Canadian Tamil of Sri Lankan origin, and Alahapan Balendran and Venkadeswaran Maheswaran, both Sri Lankan nationals, according to the Thai Police Crime Suppression Division..
The suspects were arrested near a hotel in Sukhumvit Soi 4 in Bangkok, while they were walking to their vehicle.
They were carrying 104 electronic cards, a magnetic card-strip reader and two laptop computers.
The initial investigation found that all three men were allegedly members of a transnational credit card hacking gang, using Thailand as their base for committing crime.
According to the police, the detainees stole credit card data from European customers of international banks.
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