Yordan Kavaklov, 29, of Bulgaria, was sentenced yesterday by Senior United States District Judge Willis B. Hunt, Jr. to serve over 4 years in federal prison on multiple felony charges for conspiring to steal the bank debit card numbers and passwords of over 200 individuals through the use of a skimming device the defendant connected…
Category: Skimmers
NJ waiter accused of stealing credit card numbers
A waiter using an electronic “skimmer” stole credit card information from at least 100 patrons at restaurants in Jersey City and Newark and then gave the information to an identity theft ring that racked up tens of thousands of dollars worth of fraudulent purchases, officials said. A month-long probe involving Hudson County and federal authorities…
Credit Card fraud exposed in Andhra Pradesh
The sleuths of Cyber Crime Cell of Hyderabad Police today claimed to have busted a credit card fraud involving clandestine leakage of client’s confidential data with the arrest of four persons belonging to Andhra Pradesh. The police seized cloned credit cards of various banks, (local and international pertaining to Indians cards), skimmer (a device used…
Hacking ring linked to theft at Citibank ATMs
The hacking ring allegedly at the centre of the world’s largest identity theft last week was also involved in cracking a network of Citibank-branded ATMs in 7-Eleven stores and operated by a third company, a law enforcement source claimed. […] In the case of the Citibank-branded ATMs, the perpetrators penetrated a network linking 2,200 kiosks…
Head credit card skimmer sentenced to seven years
As a follow-up to a case reported in March: The mastermind behind a credit card skimming scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison for racking up more than $800,000 on cards stolen from Washington-area diners. Joseph A. Bush III, 29, also was ordered to pay $815,000 in restitution that prosecutors said the gang stole…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Yes, another vehicle situation uncovers a credit card ring. This time, Philip Kevin Zilber Curtin was arrested after police investigated his car breaking down and then obtained evidence of hundreds of fraudulently obtained credit cards, a skimming device, laptop computers and thousands of dollars worth of legitimate gift cards. More. Joel…