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ATM Skimming

ATM 'Skimming' Device Found At Chesco Wawa: Police ATM 'Skimming' Device Found At Chesco Wawa: Police
ATM 'Skimming' Device Found At Chesco Wawa: Police Authorities in Chester County are warning Wawa shoppers to double-check their bank statements after an illegal skimming device was discovered on an in-store ATM.  It happened in Caln, township police said. A service technician located the device on a PNC Bank ATM at the 3025 Lincoln Highway Wawa, the department wrote in a release.  Investigators believe the skimmer was installed sometime between 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, and 2 p.m. on Monday, May 15. The device, authorities say, is thought to be able to read the debit card number and record the PIN entered by the user.  With…
Suspects Used Skimming Devices At ATMs Across Berks County, Police Say Suspects Used Skimming Devices At ATMs Across Berks County, Police Say
Suspects Used Skimming Devices At ATMs Across Berks County, Police Say Police are seeking a pair of men who they say committed credit card fraud and used ATM skimming devices across Berks County.  Spring Township police believe it happened on March 3, according to a release from Crime Alerts of Berks County. The pictured suspects drove throughout the county accessing ATMs using "cloned" credit card numbers and withdrew cash from victims' accounts, authorities claimed.  Investigators say the suspects may have used skimming devices to obtain the card details. Early this month, five such devices were discovered on ATMs in Montgomery County and on gas pu…
'Skimming' Devices Found On Montco ATMs, Police Warn 'Skimming' Devices Found On Montco ATMs, Police Warn
'Skimming' Devices Found On Montco ATMs, Police Warn Authorities in Montgomery County have discovered "skimming devices" attached to ATMs in at least three locations, and are warning area residents to keep vigilant.  Norristown police announced finding the first devices late Monday, March 6. The "skimmers" were affixed to ATMs at a pair of 7-Elevens, at 708 East Johnson Highway and 1335 Sandy Hill Road, the department said.  "The devices were located internally and included a small camera above the keypad to capture the pin as it is entered by the user," police explained.  Just a few hours later, their colleagues in Conshohock…
Deer Park Man Among Trio Convicted For ATM Skimming, Money Laundering Conspiracy Deer Park Man Among Trio Convicted For ATM Skimming, Money Laundering Conspiracy
Deer Park Man Among Trio Convicted For ATM Skimming, Money Laundering Conspiracy A Long Island man could get decades in prison after a jury convicted him of leading a massive ATM skimming and money laundering scheme that bilked millions of dollars from unsuspecting victims. Following a seven-day federal trial in Manhattan, a jury found three defendants, including Suffolk County resident Nikolaos Limberatos, age 56, of Deer Park, guilty on multiple charges. For Limberatos, that was one count of aggravated identity theft. He had already pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit access device fraud, conspiring to commit wire and bank fraud, and conspiring to commit money lau…
Know Them? Two Wanted For Installing Skimmer On Stratford ATM, Police Say Know Them? Two Wanted For Installing Skimmer On Stratford ATM, Police Say
Know Them? Two Wanted For Installing Skimmer On Stratford ATM, Police Say Police are asking the public for help identifying two men who allegedly installed a skimmer on an ATM machine in Fairfield County. The skimmer was discovered in Stratford at the 7-Eleven in Paradise Green.  The skimming device was attached to one of the readers from Tuesday, April 26 to Thursday, April 28, said the Stratford Police. "This device will only record card numbers if the card was swiped along the magnetic strip," said the Stratford Police on Facebook.  The device does not record card numbers if the card was inserted in the chip reader or if the touchless feature was u…
New Alert Issued After ATM At Bank In Croton Compromised By Skimmer New Alert Issued After ATM At Bank In Croton Compromised By Skimmer
New Alert Issued After ATM At Bank In Croton Compromised By Skimmer A police department in Northern Westchester has issued an alert after a new skimming device was found at the same bank that was targeted earlier this year. In Croton-on-Hudson, police are advising that an additional ATM skimmer was located at the Wells Fargo branch on Maple Street on Thursday, April 21. In mid-March, an investigation was launched at the bank branch after receiving multiple complaints from bank-goers at Wells Fargo, Croton Police Chief John Nikitopoulos said. The investigation found that an ATM inside the branch was compromised by a skimming device Original story - …
Long Beach Police Issue Alert For Multiple ATM Skimming Devices Long Beach Police Issue Alert For Multiple ATM Skimming Devices
Long Beach Police Issue Alert For Multiple ATM Skimming Devices Authorities are alerting Long Islanders after locating a number of ATM skimming devices in the area. The City of Long Beach New York Police Department in Nassau County reported on Tuesday, April 5, that police were alerted to multiple devices over the past few months. The phony card reading devices look like real card readers and allow people to capture financial information from an individual's card. Police said the easiest way to detect a skimming device is to pull on the area where you swipe the card. If the area is loose, people should be suspicious and report the suspected skimming d…
ATM At Bank In Croton Compromised By Skimmer, Police Say ATM At Bank In Croton Compromised By Skimmer, Police Say
ATM At Bank In Croton Compromised By Skimmer, Police Say Patrons at a bank branch in Northern Westchester are being advised to check their account balances after a skimming device was located in an ATM. In Croton-on-Hudson, the local law enforcement officials launched an investigation after receiving multiple complaints over the past several days from bank-goers at the Wells Fargo location on Maple Street, Croton Police Chief John Nikitopoulos said. The investigation found that an ATM inside the branch was compromised by a skimming device as of Thursday, March 17. Anyone who may have used the ATM between March 17 and Wednesday, March 23 has been…
26-Year-Old Sentenced For Role In ATM Skimming Scheme Targeting NY, CT, MA 26-Year-Old Sentenced For Role In ATM Skimming Scheme Targeting NY, CT, MA
26-Year-Old Sentenced For Role In ATM Skimming Scheme Targeting NY, CT, MA A 26-year-old man was sentenced for his role in an ATM skimming operation that spanned multiple states, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York. Dragush Hornea, a Romanian national, was sentenced to 21 months in prison and one year of supervised release, according to an announcement from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts on Monday, Feb. 14. He will be subject to deportation proceedings after he completes his sentence, the US Attorney's Office said. Hornea pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through…
Card Skimmer Found At ATM At Bank In Western Mass Card Skimmer Found At ATM At Bank In Western Mass
Card Skimmer Found At ATM At Bank In Western Mass A card skimmer was discovered on an ATM machine at the Bank of America in Hampden County last month.  Holyoke Police said the simmer was detected on Monday, 1, after a technician found the device at the Holyoke bank branch and contacted the  Holyoke Police Department, reported 22News.  The Criminal Investigation Bureau is now investigating the incident. Police say the skimmers work by reading your credit card information and pin numbers. The "collectors,"  then use printers to clone the cards using the thieves' names, or the info is sold on the dark web. The department…
SEEN THIS GUY? Police Want To Question Him About Stolen ATM Credit, Debit Card Info SEEN THIS GUY? Police Want To Question Him About Stolen ATM Credit, Debit Card Info
Seen This GUY? Police Want To Question Him About Stolen ATM Credit, Debit Card Info Police sought the public’s help Thursday finding a man suspected of attaching a skimmer to an ATM machine to steal credit and debit card numbers in Passaic County -- and possibly elsewhere. Bloomingdale police said they received separate reports on consecutive days last week of someone making transactions with cards whose numbers were stolen after they’d used an ATM at the 7-Eleven at Riverside Square off Main Street. “It was believed that there was a skimming device attached to the ATM at some point but has since been removed,” they said. The man in the screen grabs above was caught on vi…
Long Island Man Charged In International Fraud, Money Laundering Conspiracy Long Island Man Charged In International Fraud, Money Laundering Conspiracy
Long Island Man Charged In International Fraud, Money Laundering Conspiracy A Long Island man was among 18 charged in an international fraud and money laundering conspiracy. Officials announced on Thursday, Oct. 10 the unsealing of an indictment and two superseding indictments charging 18 people with participating in an international conspiracy to commit a variety of offenses, including access device fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Among those charged was Deer Park resident Nikolaos Limberatos, also known as Nicu Limberto, 53, who also has ties to Greece. Others charged: Florian Claudiu Martin, 44, of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; Alex D…
Woman Admits ATM Skimming Activity That Victimized CT Banks Woman Admits ATM Skimming Activity That Victimized CT Banks
Woman Admits ATM Skimming Activity That Victimized CT Banks A 61-year-old woman has admitted in federal court to her role in skimming from ATM machines in Connecticut and other states. Cleveland resident Maya Florina Luzia DeSteffano, also known as Maya-Luisa Pastorella or “Maria” pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to conspiracy and identity theft charges stemming from ATM skimming activity that defrauded banks. Between February and June in 2017, a bank in Connecticut reported 35 incidents of ATM skimming incidents in Stratford, Monroe, Trumbull, Greenwich, Fairfield and elsewhere in Connecticut. U.S Attorney John Durham said that as part of…