Citizen of Moldova arrested in Armenia for credit card fraud

YEREVAN, MAY 10, ARMENPRESS. The National Security Service of Armenia received information that a number of citizens from Moldova are involved in credit card fraud in the territory of Armenia.

Citizen of Moldova Vitaly Pavel Borta, who arrived to Armenia via the May 3 Cisinau-Kiev-Yerevan flight, was arrested. 232 cards were found in his luggage, with private bank data of 220 credit card holders of 12 different commercial banks of Armenia.

The perpetrator used “card skimming” as a way of identity theft.

He is under arrest. Investigation is underway.

The National Security Service urges all credit card holders to observe safety rules of using bank cards.