Armed with fake credit card details from South Africa’s Standard Bank, the thieves hit 1,400 convenience store ATMs in a coordinated attack earlier this month.
The international gang members, reportedly numbering around 100 people, each made a series of withdrawals in less than three hours, Japanese media said.
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