Ukrainian and Turkish credit card gang arrested in Bangkok

A Ukrainian and two Turkish nationals, accused of being part of a gang of credit-card thieves, were arrested in Bangkok’s Siam Paragon shopping mall yesterday.

Police say Andrew Salkosky, 40, from Ukraine, and Kardial Karamen, 33, and Oske Gildiarim, 28, both of Turkey, were taken into custody along with 40 credit cards and some brand-name products. They are accused of belonging to a criminal gang that stole credit-card information and copied it on to blank cards, some of which they sold on the black market.

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