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skimming

[′skim·iŋ]
(hydrology)
Diversion of water from a stream or conduit by shallow overflow in order to avoid diverting sand, silt, or other debris carried as bottom load.
Withdrawal of fresh groundwater from a thin body or lens floating on salt water by means of shallow wells or infiltration galleries.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The suspects were handed over to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), he informed.The incident takes the number of Chinese men arrested within this week in relation to ATM skimming frauds in Karachi to six.
Three more Chinese nationals suspected of ATM skimming fraud arrested, Rs 2.3 million recovered
Meanwhile, CCTV footage of the ATM booth showed the suspects installing skimming device.
Karachi ATM skimming: FIA gets three-day remand of two Chinese nationals
That's up from 15 percent just a year ago, and concerns over skimming are more and more people to change their payment habits at the pump.
Growing number of drivers claim to be victims of gas pump card skimming
Pia Bernadette Roman Tayag, managing director of the BSP Center for Learning and Inclusion Advocacy, said consumers are set to benefit from a new bill criminalizing hacking of bank systems and ATM skimming "This is a welcome development.
Harsher penalties set against bank hacking, ATM skimming
The police also claimed to have recovered around Rs2.9 million, skimming devices and ATM cards from their possession.
SHC grants Chinese national bail
The arrested Chinese nationals were also seen roaming around the ATM booth on Karachi's Abdullah Haroon Road for the past three days before the said incident.A CCTV footage of an ATM booth showed the culprits installing an ATM skimming device.
Two Chinese nationals sentenced for ATM skimming scandal
Meanwhile, CCTV footage of an ATM booth also showed the suspects installing a skimming device.
ATM fraud: Two Chinese nationals get one-year imprisonment each
In recent cases of skimming in Karachi, the skimming devices were found attached exactly in front of where one inserts his or her ATM card in the machines.
Public warned of 'organised group' targeting ATMs
On Sunday, four Chinese nationals were arrested on suspicion of ATM skimming, the latest in a series of arrests linked to an organised gang behind a major electronic bank fraud in the city.
ATM skimming case- FIA gets custody of Chinese nationals till Jan 18
An ATM skimming device and Rs0.65million were recovered from the suspect's possession, the police said, adding that three accomplices of the suspect managed to escape.
ATM skimming case: FIA gets custody of Chinese nationals till Jan 18
'We had arrived there for a work but the 'gang leader asked us for the ATM skimming and provided us ten thousand Chinese currency in exchange of ATM skimming ,' the officer said while quoting the arrested foreigners.
5 Chinese arrested in ATM skimming fraud
A statement issued by the senior superintendent police East said law enforcers received a call early this morning about a Chinese suspect skimming ATMs at Summit Bank and Muslim Commercial Bank in Tipu Sultan Road's Shabbirabad area.
Chinese national suspected of ATM skimming arrested

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