Taxi Driver Suspected of Swapping Passengers' Credit Cards and Withdrawing Hundreds of Thousands of Shekels

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A taxi driver in his 30s from the village of Akev was arrested on suspicion of defrauding dozens of passengers. According to the suspicion, the suspect deceptively obtained his passengers' credit cards and secret codes, replaced the cards and used them to withdraw cash totaling hundreds of thousands of shekels.

According to the investigation, the fraud came to light after a series of complaints from passengers who discovered that money had disappeared from their accounts after riding in the taxi. Police have petitioned to extend the suspect's detention.

Police warn of the fraud method and ask additional passengers who fell victim to similar acts to file a complaint.