Neighbor Newspapers reports: The Henry County Criminal Investigations Division and investigators from Sun Trust Bank began conducting an investigation Aug. 14 in which 225 customers’ accounts have been compromised. Customers using the Sun Trust Bank automated teller machine at 942 Hwy. 81 East, McDonough, Aug. 1 between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. may have had…
Category: Skimmers
AU: Police swoop on alleged taxi credit card fraud syndicate in Sydney
Rose Powell reports: A fraud racket with the potential to steal the credit card details of hundreds of Sydney taxi users has been dismantled following police raids. Several members of the group were arrested last week in a card-cloning den set up in a motel room in Chullora. Some 800 blank credit cards, as well as…
Data breach affects 20,000 Utah credit union members
CORRECTION: A story on KSL that this blog linked to has been deleted by KSL. Under the circumstances, I am deleting it from this blog, too. See idRADAR’s coverage for a more accurate description of the situation.
FL: Fast-food customers victimized by ID theft, Coral Springs police say
Another case of a McDonald’s employee using a skimmer to swipe customers’ payment card data. Erika Pesantes reports that the employee was recruited via social media, and the recruiter was nabbed via social media: Police say a North Lauderdale man used social media to recruit the restaurant worker to steal financial information using a skimming device. Adrian…
Prêt a Manger worker gets up to four years in prison for stealing more than 100 customers
A follow-up to an insider skimming breach noted here in August 2013. Shayna Jacobs reports: A former Chelsea Prêt a Manger employee who was behind the identity theft of over 100 of the eatery’s customers was sentenced to up to four years in prison Wednesday. Nigel McCollum, 23, previously pleaded guilty to identity theft, forgery,…
NYC: Hale & Hearty Customers Targeted by Credit Card Skimmers
NBC reports: A 39-year-old Bronx man and his 29-year-old girlfriend are accused of skimming customers’ credit card numbers at the Hale & Hearty where she worked, and then going on shopping sprees with several others, spending more than $200,000. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. says 11 people are accused in the scheme that began…