WUSA reports: Authorities say a restaurant worker was charged with credit card fraud and identity theft after a customer saw him do something suspicious with his credit card. According to Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office officials, 22-year-old Yaoliang Gao of New York was working at the Moca Asian Bistro in the Eastern Marketplace Plaza when he…
Category: Skimmers
FL: Victoria’s Secret clerk stole tourists’ credit-card information, cops say
Susan Jacobson reports: A clerk at an Orlando Victoria’s Secret outlet store used a skimmer to steal tourists’ credit-card information and then sell it, federal prosecutors allege. Between Nov. 29 and April 3, the woman hid the skimmer under her skirt at Orlando Premium Outlets on International Drive and swiped customers’ cards before running them through the cash register,…
Hess warns customers that criminals tried to steal credit info at gas pumps
Eric Weiss reports: Hess said Friday that many of its South Florida gas stations have been targeted by thieves using “skimmer” devices to intercept customers’ credit and debit card information. The local gas stations where the illegal activity took place are in Stuart, Jensen Beach, West Palm Beach and Lake Worth. Read more on TCPalm,…
Man faces felony charges in Golden Town Buffet skimming case
Caitlin Morris reports: Twenty-year-old Saihing Chan incurred four felony charges Wednesday in Saratoga County for his alleged role in stealing identities from nearly 80 patrons who ate at a now-closed Glenmont restaurant. At the time of his arrest, he was an inmate at Albany County Jail on an additional 19 identity theft-related felonies he is…
Ie: BoI customers hit as skimmers hack into their current accounts
The Independent reports: GARDA investigation is under way after hundreds of Bank of Ireland (BoI) customers had their accounts skimmed in two branches over the weekend. Customers in two BoI branches in Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, and in Borris, Co Carlow, had their current accounts accessed from the United States over a three-day period in a scamming operation…
FL: Data from 342 credit cards found on Hernando skimmers
Meanwhile, in Brooksville, Florida, Erik Waxler reports: The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office just got back an analysis on the four skimmers they found this week at the Hess gas station on Cortez Boulevard and Spring Lake Highway. On those devices — 342 credit card numbers and the names to go with them. “At this time…