Durban - A man responsible for cloning credit cards in the Durban area was arrested on Tuesday.
Captain Nqobile Gwala, a KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, said Mariannhill police proceeded to Klaarwater area and arrested a 37-year-old man on Tuesday morning.
"He was found in possession of laptops, ID book, store cards, cloned bank cards, various sim cards and cellphones. He was charged for being in possession of property suspected to be stolen.
The man was found with credit card point of sales machines and banks cards, Pick and Pay Smart Shopper cards, Edgars, Jet, CNA and Capitec cards.
The man is expected to appear in the Pinetown Magistrates Court.
Card cloning is of serious concern worldwide, Advocate Clive Pillay, the Ombudsman for Banking Services, says in a bulletin advising banks and customers of the approach his office takes on such claims.
Once it has been established that a card has been cloned, deciding whether the bank or the customer is responsible for the losses incurred is a difficult task, Pillay says.
“In making a decision on liability for losses, the ombudsman looks at the contract between the bank and the cardholder, the Code of Banking Practice and any applicable case law which can provide guidance.”