Press Release 3/2016: ATM Skimming in Fiji

Cases have been brought to the attention of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) involving foreign nationals who have obtained customers’ bank card details by fraudulent means using ATM and EFTPOS skimming devices. The Director of FIU, Mr Razim Buksh said that they have noted an increase in the number of skimming cases since June 2015. The last major and carefully orchestrated incident occurred in December 2015 and affected more than 500 credit and debit cardholders. An attempt to conduct ATM skimming in January 2016 was successfully foiled.