Baby photo helps jail fraudster

The court was told Bunu cloned the cards and then used them to withdraw money from other cash points across the country.

Bunu, who police believed worked with an accomplice who is still being hunted, fitted false fronts to the cash machines which were able to record both the magnetic strip identifying cards and pin numbers typed in by their owners.

Police said he netted £43,000 but had the potential to steal more than ú1m.

He claimed the picture of his baby son surrounded by money was part of a Romanian tradition celebrating the christening of his child. But the jury dismissed his claims and he was found guilty of conspiracy to clone bank cards.