Two Romanian nationals who are believed to be members of an international scamming operation were refused entry into Jamaica last week when they attempted to enter the country.

They were refused entry based on a trend in which local authorities have seen a number of foreigners, particularly Romanians, setting up scamming operations in Jamaica over recent times.

Indications are that over recent months, elements from the Romanian criminal network have been fleecing millions of dollars from the bank accounts of individuals at ATMs across Jamaica.

Indications are that over $50 million has so far ben stolen by the men.

The two men were intercepted at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay after immigration officials were placed on alert for these individuals entering the island. They were sent back on a flight to Romania.

Regional security dosier indicate that one of the men had been arrested, charged and convicted of fraud-related offences in The Cayman Islands, while there are indications of the ATM scam extending to Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda and Canada.

This is while Claudiu Precup, a Romanian man who has been charged in connection with the ATM scam uncovered locally, was remanded until Wednesday, when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court last week.

Precup faces multiple counts of fraud involving more than J$50 million.

He was charged one week ago by C-TOC investigators who reportedly held him in possession of more than 100 blank ATM cards.

Investigators said Precup and four other members of a fraud network have been targeting ATMs across the island, fleecing millions of dollars from several financial institutions.

The men have been installing devices in the machines, and capturing the personal information of cardholders.

Arrest warrants have been prepared for the other four Romanians who remain at large locally.