Thread: Government Savings Bank loses THB 12 million from ATM thefts

BANGKOK, 23 August 2016 (NNT) - The Government Savings Bank (GSB) has shut down more than 3,000 ATMs after cash totaling 12 million baht was stolen from its 21 ATMs. The bank confirmed the incident did not affect deposits of its customers.

GSB President Chartchai Payuhanaveechai said the money was stolen from the 21 ATMs from 1 - 8 August. The bank had already shut down some of its ATMs and asked the ATM manufacturer to urgently develop a program to reset the machines’ system, he said. The bank was waiting for the results of an investigation into the case, said Mr. Chatchai.

The president confirmed the bank was cooperating with police officers to urgently find the culprits.

Governor of the Bank of Thailand Veerathai Santiprabhob said the bank had detected irregularities of the ATMs since 1 August. The central bank therefore shut down the ATM system in an attempt to stop the damages and asked other commercial banks to check their ATM system, according to the governor.

Mr. Veerathai confirmed that there was only the GSB whose ATMs were hacked, saying the software of Thai ATMs has been continuously updated.

National News Bureau Of Thailand | Government Savings Bank loses THB 12 million from ATM thefts

Figured something of the sort....two local ATMs been down for over a week now.

First they should look at are the insiders.

Arrest warrant out for a Russian for stealing from GSB’s ATMs



A Russian who has already left Thailand is wanted by the Thai police for allegedly stealing about 12 million baht in cash from the ATMs of the Government Savings Bank in Bangkok and Phuket during July-August.

Pol Gen Panya Mamen, a senior advisor of the Royal Thai Police Office, said on Wednesday that the Criminal Court had issued a warrant for the arrest of the Russian suspect, identified as Rustam Sambasov, 29.

He said that the suspect came into Thailand on July 14 and had since stolen 12 million baht from the GSB’s ATMs by infecting the machines with Malware virus. However, the suspect has left Thailand on August 1, he added.

Pol Gen Panya further said that the police would ask the court for arrest warrants to be issued for three more foreigners who had stolen 4.5 milllion baht from bank’s ATMs during March 13-17 using similar trick.

He suspected that some Thais might be involved with the gang of foreign skimmers by giving them rides to various targets where ATMs are located.

Arrest warrant out for a Russian for stealing from GSB?s ATMs - Thai PBS English News