Port of Spain; A police raid at a home in Millennium Park Trincity recovered instruments used to create fraudulent driver's permits, ID cards and passports. It is said to be a multi-million-dollar bank card fraud racket where millions were being stolen over the period of about one year.
Police arrested a 32 year old woman, her boyfriend and two other men from Trincity and La Horquetta.The woman and her boyfriend have several aliases and are considered the two masterminds behind the operations. The boyfriend was a resident of the United States before he moved back to this country with fake identities.
The woman who spoke to Sgt Smith claimed she is aware they found the items in her house but it is her boyfriend who is responsible for the items found. He also admitted his girlfriend had nothing to do with the items and he will take responsibility for everything. Reports state the woman and her co-conspirators have been under police surveillance for over a year.
Several items were seized which included credit card skimmer, which is used to capture the the information from an authentic credit card and them duplicated onto a dummy card. A heat sealer which seals drivers permits securely after forging the necessary information. Fake cards and magnetic strips, an HP Pavilion Entertainment laptop, Celestron Telescope with a high powered camera, which they believe the fraudsters used to spy on victims from afar to access their PIN numbers. AARP Debit Master card, along with several other items.
Scanned VISA and reloadable credit cards were found in the names of Lance Edwards, Shelly Ramkissoon and La Toya Superville. Along with a Trinidad and Tobago passport in Superville's name was also found.
Police say they have gathered essential information which can assist them in cracking another massive racket.
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