Mars W. Mosqueda Jr. reports: Authorities yesterday warned credit card owners to be extra careful when transacting business using their credit cards following the arrest of six people allegedly belonging to a “highly-organized” syndicate with capabilities to capture credit card users’ information and use fake cards from stolen data. Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) Director…
Category: Skimmers
(Update) ALDI breach reports mushroom, customers in 11 states affected
The breach involving ALDI grocery stores is apparently larger than earlier reports suggested as reports trickle in from Pittsburgh and other areas. The chain has updated its statement on its website today: October 1, 2010 ALDI Inc. recently learned that, from approximately June 1, 2010 to August 31, 2010, tampered payment card terminals were illegally…
(Update) Wheeling police probe thefts from Aldi ATMs
The Chicago Tribune reports: As the Aldi grocery chain removes suspect ATM terminals from some of its stores, police in Wheeling said they’re still trying to unravel the source of unauthorized withdrawals that add up to more than $130,000 taken from customers at the Wheeling Aldi store alone. […] More than 200 debit card owners,…
(Follow-up) Credit Card Skimming Suspect Pleads Guilty
Following up on a case reported previously: Gabriel Camara, 36, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Camara and a co-conspirator, Nicole Ward, paid servers at several local restaurants to capture customers’ credit card numbers on skimmers, officials said. The stolen information was then given to others…
WI: New information released on ATM fraud investigation
Press release from Eau Claire, Wisconsin police: Eau Claire Police Investigators have new information regarding the credit card scanner that was found at the US Bank ATM on Golf Rd. Investigation has determined that the same individuals may have placed the scanner at the same ATM at about 12:30PM on Friday, 9/17/2010 and picked it…
Za: Five appear in court over card skimming
Two foreign nationals and three South African women appeared briefly in the East London Magistrate’s Court yesterday to make a formal bail application after they were arrested for alleged credit card skimming. Simeon Toshen from Bulgaria and Anthony Uchena from Nigeria appeared alongside co-accused Rachel Harden and Lungiswa Tayati – both from Johannesburg – and…