Sophie Tedmanson of Times Online has more on the McDonald’s EFTPOS skimming scam in Australia, identifying the two men arrested as British national Elangovan Ganeshamoorthy and Canadian national Rugshanth Selvarajah: The men are alleged to have gone to more than 20 McDonald’s restaurants in the Perth metropolitan area, swapping the pin keypads on EFTPOS (Switch)…
Category: Skimmers
AU: Two charged over $4m Perth McDonald’s EFTPOS scam
Glenn Cordingley reports: Two people have been arrested over an EFTPOS skimming scam in which $4 million was stolen from the accounts of McDonald’s customers in WA [Western Australia]. […] The first man, a 36-year-old British citizen who lives in United Kingdom, was arrested on Monday and appeared in the Parramatta Local Court yesterday where…
NY: Romanian gets prison for Citizens Bank ATM fraud
Tiberiu Szebeni, 30, of Romania, who was convicted of bank fraud on Aug. 7, 2009, was sentenced to 27 months in prison and 5 years supervised release by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, U.S. Attorney Kathleen M. Mehltretter of the Western District of New York announced on November 12. The defendant was…
Two plead guilty in WaMu skimming operation
Romulus Bacian, 40, and Marius Enache Csapay, 45, both of Romania, pleaded guilty today to their roles in a conspiracy to steal ATM/debit card account information from hundreds of Washington Mutual customers using “skimming” equipment they illegally affixed to ATMs around the metro Atlanta area. According to various sources: beginning in the fall of 2007…
KS: State Investigating Care Facility’s Disposal Of Records
The Department on Aging is investigating allegations a Topeka care facility put documents with personal information in a public recycling dumpster. The agency says Briarcliff Care Center, 3224 SW 29th St., reported the incident to them Friday morning. A person reported finding the documents Thursday night in a recycling dumpster at SE 29th and Adams….
McDonald’s Canada targeted by debit fraud
McDonald’s Canada is co-operating with Winnipeg police as they investigate allegations of debit card fraud targeting at least one of the fast-food chain’s local outlets and ranging as far as Quebec. The news Thursday came one day after Winnipeg police said hundreds of people were victimized after debit card machines and PIN pads had been…