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Bulgarians caught installing skimmer in Turkey

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Dissent

Here’s yet another case involving Bulgarians:

Novinite reports:

Turkish media also report on the arrest of two Bulgarian nationals, suspected in ATM fraud.

The Istanbul police has identified the two as Petko Stefanov, 36, and Vladimir Dimitrov, 33. They made the arrest after receiving a tip from employees servicing an ATM in the Fatih district, who discovered a device for bank card copying.

The two were caught on security camera while installing the device. They have copied about 100 cards, but were arrested during their attempt to remove the device.

Police seized two credit cards, two cell phones and 8 USB flashes.

The probe revealed the two arrived in Turkey on September 21, in a private car.


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