President learns hard way not to carry PIN with ATM card
May 12, 2003
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's president, Alvaro Uribe, lost a wallet containing his ATM card, and within hours someone illegally withdrew $4,200 from his account.
According to an Associated Press report, the wallet fell out of Uribe's jacket on May 9 while he visited Bucaramanga, 200 miles southeast of Bogota. The wallet also contained his ATM password.
By the next day, $4,200 had been taken from his account. The fraud was discovered after the issuing bank called the president's office to ask about the high number of withdrawals.
Authorities captured two suspects on May 12 and said they recovered the cash, according to the AP.
