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Subject: Three foreign suspects have been arrested in Taiwan in connection with the theft of $2.5m (1.9m pound) from cash machines around the cities
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Three foreign suspects have been arrested in Taiwan in connection with the theft of $2.5m (1.9m pound) from cash machines around the cities
A network of criminals from eastern Europe and Russia used malware to hack into dozens of First Commercial Bank ATMs, police say
CCTV footage shows masked thieves walking away with bags of stolen cash
One Latvian man was held in northeast Taiwan, while two other suspects were arrested in the capital Taipei
More than half of the money has been recovered but another 13 suspects are believed to have fled Taiwan
"This is the first time that an international team of ATM thieves has committed a crime in Taiwan," the head of the police’s Criminal Investigation Division, Lee Wen-chang, said
It remains unclear exactly how the thieves installed malware on the machines, but it allowed them to quickly withdraw large amounts of cash
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