Local Police arrested a gang of credit card fraudsters last week in Puerto Plata. The gang had been operating a network cloning credit cards using local ATM’s to steal the originals.
Among those arrested were 24 year-old Juan Carlos Castańos Pérez, also known as “The Cadet”, 35 year-old Karin Leonardo Minier Peralta, aka “Tito”, and 24 year old Rubén Fernández Gómez.
Police also recovered 5 stolen credit cards, a Honda CR-V, items of clothing and 325,000 pesos in cash.
The arrested men were sent to Santiago where they will be investigated.