Police break credit card fraud ring

Two men from Northern Poland have stolen zl. 400,000 using forged credit cards. One of the men is in custody while the other is still on the run. Police have also arrested four waiters co-operating with the crooks. The outlaws were using waiters who were responsible for allowing them to steal information from the cards' magnetic strips. The suspects downloaded the coded information from the cards using a laptop and then printed counterfeit credit cards based on the information. "Waiters were to deliver credit cards of the Gold, Premium and Visa Business types, especially those without imposed limits," explained Maciej Kowalski, of the Wielkopolska police. The waiters received commissions of between zl. 400 and zl. 700 for each card. (www.rmf.pl) M.M.