Sindhi Camp police have arrested the supervisor of a security company — which provides guards to the banks on charges of duping many people by tampering ATMs. The accused duped several people who used ATMs. He used to either ask for help or “assist” ATM users and would manage to get their PIN in the…
Category: Financial Sector
Bulgarian brothers charged with installing skimmers at Chase and Citibank
Bruce Golding reports: Two brothers have been charged with scamming more than $1 million by installing electronic skimmers and hidden cameras on Chase and Citibank ATMs. Radostin and Ulian Paralingov, from Bulgaria, used information gleaned from the devices to create duplicate bank cards and crack PIN codes, according to the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office. Another…
Playing catch-up in Australia
Outdated banking technology has made Australia a prime target for international ATM skimming gangs, according to police. Tens of millions of dollars are lost in Australia each year as a result of card skimming. The problem is that Australia is still using magnetic strips, rather than the ‘chip and PIN’ technology in other countries, and…
MO: Thousands Of Mortgage and Personal Documents Strewn Over Lawn
Andy Banker reports: Thousands of abandoned documents, full of people’s personal information, were in an O’Fallon, Missouri, driveway Tuesday, along with a mess that included a recliner, an old bedroom set, TV, and dinner table. There were stacks of mortgage documents with people’s social security numbers, bank accounts, addresses, and phone numbers, sitting right out…
CA: Authorities investigate elaborate counterfeit, ID theft ring
Richard Halstead reports: Authorities are investigating an elaborate counterfeiting operation involving stolen mail from throughout Marin County, credit card numbers of more than 200 people, counterfeit cash, fake checks, printers and laptop computers. The operation came to light Aug. 27, when Novato police Officer Blake Dunbar checked up on a parolee whose name he recognized…
Lost in transit, Thursday edition
Through its lawyers, Rhode Island-based Benefit Concepts, Inc. recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a package containing employee payroll checks and a CD with copies of the payroll checks went missing. According to the notification letter, their vendor, CompuPay, had sent the package on July 19 via FedEx and it should have…