Josh White reports: Three servers at the Cheesecake Factory restaurant on Wisconsin Avenue in the District allegedly stole credit card numbers from patrons as part of a scheme that racked up more than $117,000 in fraudulent charges between 2008 and last year, authorities say. Investigators with the U.S. Secret Service allege the servers were working…
Category: Skimmers
Romanians charged in $182G bank fraud scheme
Amanda Pinto reports: Four Romanian citizens have been indicted on charges related to a multi-state ATM scam through which they allegedly installed “skimming devices” and pinhole cameras in order to steal customers’ banking information. Two of the men employed the scam at People’s United Bank in Madison in September 2009, and used the information to…
Ca: Skimming discovered at bustling BMO Centre
Krista Sylvester reports: Police say a quick-thinking man alerted them to an alleged debit skimming scheme at a busy BMO Centre over the weekend. Police spokesman Kevin Brookwell confirmed someone alerted police to the discovery of double-sided tape, indicating the machine was tampered with, on an ATM at the BMO Centre at the Stampede Grounds….
Two Romanian nationals charged with stealing bank acount numbers
Paula Reed Ward reports: Two Romanian nationals are in federal custody for allegedly using card skimmers to steal the account numbers from PNC Bank card users and then using those accounts to spend some $200,000. Alexandra Razvan Serb and Mihai Popa are charged with bank fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. The Western…
(update) AU: Police in airport swoop on skim suspects
A Malaysian national wanted by Australian police over a huge card-skimming operation has been arrested at Darwin airport. The man had been implicated in a syndicate which allegedly stole money from Victorian teller machines, using data stolen from interstate bank account-holders. The man, 24, was arrested by Australian Customs Service officers at Darwin Airport on…
IL: Detectives solve ID thefts; victims ate at same restaurant
Madison County sheriff’s detectives say their big break in solving a string of identity-theft cases was when they learned all four victims dined recently at the same restaurant – Amarillo Tex’s Steakhouse. The information from their credit cards was stolen using a small device called a “skimmer.” Detectives learned that an employee of the restaurant…