Nepal, Sept. 1 -- On Saturday night, Zhu Lianang was arrested from a Nabil Bank ATM booth in Durbar Marg while trying to withdraw cash. Acting on a tip-off, the Kathmandu Metropolitan Police Circle caught Zhu, a Chinese national, in the act of withdrawing thousands in cash from the ATM using cloned debit cards.

Upon interrogation, Zhu named four others-Lin Jianmeng, Luo Jialei, Zhu Liangang, Qiu-Yunqing and Chen Bin Bin, all Chinese citizens-as complicit in the hacking spree.

"According to their passports, they landed in Nepal on August 30 and were planning to return on September 2, which shows that their sole intention was to steal cash," said DSP Hobindra Bogati, spokesperson at the Metropolitan Police Circle.

Police have confiscated...