{"id":94411,"date":"2026-10-20T11:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T03:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=94411"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T03:02:01","slug":"man-to-be-charged-after-allegedly-using-device-in-bag-to-obtain-bank-card-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=94411","title":{"rendered":"Man to be charged after allegedly using device in bag to obtain bank card information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE: A 42-year-old man will be charged on Tuesday (Oct 20) after he allegedly used an electronic device concealed in a bag to illegally obtain customers&#8217; bank card information at a retail establishment.<\/p>\n<p>He was detained by security officers after they noticed him behaving suspiciously at the premises along Syed Alwi Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place on Sunday, and preliminary investigations showed he had been moving suspiciously around the premises and standing in close proximity to customers while carrying a bag containing an electronic device.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was also seen positioning his bag near customers\u2019 pockets containing their wallets, police said in a news release on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Security officers then detained the man and handed him over to police officers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An electronic device, two power banks, a mobile phone and several bank cards were found in his possession.<\/p>\n<p>He will be charged with illegally obtaining personal information.<\/p>\n<p>If found guilty, the man can be jailed for up to three years, fined up to S$10,000, or both.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police take a serious view of such offences and advise members of the public to remain vigilant and safeguard their personal information, including bank card information, from unauthorised access or collection,\u201d said police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/man-charged-illegally-obtaining-bank-card-information-6474226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n<p><center><script>\n  atOptions = {\n    'key' : 'ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540',\n    'format' : 'iframe',\n    'height' : 90,\n    'width' : 728,\n    'params' : {}\n  };\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highrevenueformat.com\/ab8cc34fbebd96e6c135978b4baca540\/invoke.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: A 42-year-old man will be charged on Tuesday (Oct 20) after he allegedly used an electronic device concealed in a bag to illegally obtain&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--xn95IgGJ--\/c_crop,h_284,w_506,x_0,y_11\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/10\/20\/picture2.png?itok=PwqYFqPG","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1635,2345,4088,2880,141,10129,6,140,4339],"class_list":["post-94411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-allegedly","tag-bag","tag-bank","tag-card","tag-charged","tag-device","tag-information","tag-man","tag-obtain","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}