Three Bulgarian nationals have been remanded in custody by the Lautoka Magistrates Court for their alleged involvement in an ATM scam earlier this month.
The alleged incidents occurred in a Bred Bank ATM in Lautoka and a Westpac ATM in Namaka, Nadi between the 9th and 12th of this month.
It was heard in court that the three men arrived in the country on the 8th of this month
37-year-old Simieon Stesanov Minchev, 33-year-old Veliko Zhelev Velikov and 41-year-old Dimitrov Petrov have been jointly charged for the offence of possession of a skimming device with intention to dishonestly obtain personal financial information.
They have pleaded guilty to the offence.
Police Prosecutor Anil Prasad objected to bail stating the seriousness of the offence.
The defence has requested the court to provide a Russian interpreter.
Minchev has been further charged with a count of unauthorized access to restricted data.
Velikov and Petrov face a further charge of attempt to have unauthorized access to restricted data.
The case will be called this Thursday for mitigation.
