On November 13, media reported that about 300 people in Lake Saint Louis, Missouri had become victims of credit card fraud. The next day, media reported that the source of the stolen data may have been an ATM skimmer. And on November 22, media reported that two suspects had been apprehended in Omaha on November…
Category: Skimmers
Keyloggers found on 10 Nordstrom registers in Florida (update1)
Ten registers in Nordstrom stores in Aventura Florida reportedly were tampered with and had keyloggers attached.Video footage from security revealed that the criminals worked in groups to distract and install the keyloggers between August 14 and October 5, when Nordstrom discovered the problem. Nordstrom believes that some customer data may have been compromised, but all…
NY: Buffet employee pleads guilty to identity theft
While the big cybercriminal gangs make headlines, it’s often the little local schemes that will cause you misery. WNYT reports: An employee of the Golden Town Buffet in Bethlehem has pleaded guilty to stealing the credit card information of some of his customers. Heng Li, 27, entered the plea in Albany County Court on Wednesday…
Update: Four arrested for LIRR ticket vending machine skimmers
Lyndsay McCabe reports that four Romanians have been arrested in the case of skimmers and cameras attached to Long Island Railroad ticket vending machines: The ticket vending machine scammers had been using pinhole cameras placed strategically at TVMs to read information entered by commuters, as well as plastic credit card skimmers placed over the bank…
Police find hidden video cameras on LIRR ticket machines
Alfonso A. Castillo reports: Police are investigating an apparent credit and debit card scam involving tiny video cameras hidden on Long Island Rail Road ticket vending machines. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department first learned of the scam after a customer found one of the small video cameras on the floor — having apparently fallen…
Eight Defendants Plead Guilty in Los Angeles in Armenian Power Gang Case
Oh what a very tangled web we weave… Four members and associates of the Armenian Power gang and four other individuals pleaded guilty late yesterday to charges relating to the activities of the Armenian Power criminal enterprise, including racketeering conspiracy, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, drug trafficking, and illegal possession of firearms. The following defendants…