OCBC ATM at Bukit Batok East found damaged, no money taken

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OCBC ATM at Bukit Batok East found damaged, no money taken

By Ng Lian Cheong, Karen Ng | Posted: 10 December 2012 1842 hrs

SINGAPORE: An Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) automated teller machine (ATM) was found damaged on Monday.

Located at Bukit Batok East Avenue 3, the ATM had its external cover pried open.

However, the inner core of the ATM was not damaged as the culprit was not able to break through it.

No money was taken.

Channel NewsAsia understood from bystanders and shopkeepers in the area that the culprit had taped up the CCTV with masking tape.

The culprit then proceeded to pry open the ATM between 4pm on Sunday and 6:30am on Monday.

As there is more than one CCTV installed near and around the ATM, the culprit's face and actions were all recorded.

No arrests have been made yet.

- CNA/lp

 

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ATM thief's epic fail

December 11, 2012 - 1:04am

By: Nathaniel Hong

PHOTO: Shin Min Daily News

An OCBC Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at Bukit Batok Avenue 3 was damaged in an attempted break-in on Sunday night.

The would-be thief obscured an external security camera with paper and broke open the safe's external door.

But he missed the other closed-circuit TV (CCTV) cameras hidden within the ATM itself, leaving them free to record his image.

The New Paper understands that OCBC has handed the CCTV images over to the police.

No money was taken.

Read the full report in The New Paper on Tuesday (Dec 11).