Four Sri Lankan men have appeared in court in connection with a series of cash machine scams around Gloucestershire, England.
Basheer Mustafa Ebrahim, 21, and Ashok Balasubramanian, 22; Thanfavel Vilvanadham, 50, all of South End Road in Croydon, London; and Kusalakumar Sithambarapillai, 48, of Barnard Gardens in Hayes, Middlesex were arrested on the M25 in Surrey on Monday, September 23.
The Sri Lankan nationals are accused of 10 counts of defrauding British banks by ‘card trapping’ in Cheltenham and Gloucester.
Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court heard the offences date between August 15 and September 21 this year.
District Judge Martin Brown remanded the four men into custody until October 25, when they will come before Gloucester Crown Court. - This is Gloucestershire
