A foreign national from Spain pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring with a Romanian national to install electronic skimming devices on PNC Bank ATMs located throughout Western Pennsylvania in April and May of this year, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Felipe Juan Lopez, 34, of Spain, pleaded guilty to one count…
Category: Skimmers
CA: 3rd suspect charged in pump-skimming scam
Henry K. Lee reports: A third suspect has been charged for his role in a gas pump-skimming operation that was uncovered in Martinez and victimized customers throughout Northern California, authorities said Wednesday. Edwin Hamazaspyan, 31, is facing identity theft and conspiracy charges along with David Karapetyan, 31, and Zhirayr Zamanyan, 30, all of Los Angeles. The three…
ATM fraud spree across Western Canada linked to one man
It’s nice when you can wrap up a bunch of ID theft cases into one neat bundle. In Canada, one of those bundles is allegedly an Ontario man named Kokulan Kanagaratnam. Paul Turenne of QMI Agency reports: An Ontario man arrested by Winnipeg police last month in connection with a high-tech ATM fraud allegedly went…
Romanian sentenced to 15 months in prison for multi-state ATM skimming operation
A Romanian citizen, Nelut Ady Oana, 33, was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in prison for participating in a multistate ATM skimming scheme. According court documents and statements made in court, Oana and others conspired to install skimmers devices on ATMs and on card swipe access devices used by banks to control access to ATM…
Aldi data breach shows payment terminal holes
Jaikumar Vijayan reports on the ALDI breach that’s been in the news recently: …. More than 1,000 Aldi shoppers in the Chicago area and from Indianopolis have already reported fraudulent activities related to breaches at Aldi stores. There have been similar reports in other states as well. Analysts estimate that there could be some tens…
FL: Ex-Waiter Accused Of Skimming Credit Cards
Carey Codd reports: A former waiter at a Southwest Ranches restaurant is accused of stealing the credit card numbers of more than two dozen customers. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Cristobal Chavez, 29, stole the credit card numbers by copying them with a device called a skimmer while working at the Romeus Cuban Restaurant….