Two Chinese men found guilty of stealing about $70,000 from ATMs in Samoa have been remanded in custody for sentencing on 9 June 2017
Zhong Shuiming and Yang Quigreen were found guilty by the District Court.
The court heard from Judge Fepuleai Ameperosa Roma that the men were initially charged with 16 charges.
There were 13 counts of theft and three counts of accessing the A.T.M machines without authority.
However, prior to the trial Zhong and Yang pleaded guilty to four charges.
During the trial, two more theft charges were dismissed, leaving 10 other counts which were the subject of the trial.
The thefts from the ATMs occurred in 2016.