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: ID Theft
Bulgarians caught installing skimmer in Turkey
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,…
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…
(update) St. Charles said 30 reports of debit card fraud came from Aldi
The breach previously mentioned on this blog involving some ALDI stores has reportedly affected “hundreds” of individuals. Hal Conick of the St. Charles Republican reports that 30 residents of St. Charles were among those affected.
Three plead guilty to using Franklin County Court website as part of ID theft conspiracy
In a case that became a cautionary tale for court websites and the need to redact personally identifiable information that could be used for ID theft, three Columbus residents have pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal credit accounts belonging to people whose identities they stole from a government website in 2006. Katura Mozelle, 23, pleaded…
(Update) NE: Police Track Credit Card Thefts
More on the rash of credit card and debit card fraud being reported in the Lincoln, Nebraska area that was reported earlier this week. KETV reports: Lincoln police said someone who hacked into a national database may be responsible for helping identity thieves go on shopping sprees with credit card numbers. Investigators said more than…