Ukrainian Man Sentenced To 5-Years For ATM Fraud In Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam: The Ho chi minh court sentenced a Ukranian man for credit card fraud, withdrawing more than $17,000 from different ATM machines at 60 different occasions. 

Bilokonov Vitalii, 33 years old of Ukranian national had arrived the country in 2013 with a tourist visa, and had used digital equipment to appropriate, a crime that can let culprit spend up to 20 years of prison term. Vitalii was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

                    Vitalii awaiting trial

Vitalii had been staying in a hotel on Bui Thi Xuan street. He was arrested on January 3, 2013, when he was withdrawing money from an ATM machine on Vo Van Tan street.

In his hotel room, police later found 110 fake credit cards and 340 million Vietnamese dong ($16,000). He confessed to have bought the ATM cards from someone abroad for $5000.