Michael Burke reports: Educators Credit Union reported Tuesday that five of its ATM machines, including one at 3525 Rapids Drive in Racine, were hit by the growing credit and debit card fraud called skimming. ECU Security Director Angela Langdon said just over 600 of ECU’s 128,000 members had their financial information stolen. Read more on…
Category: Skimmers
Credit card information stolen at gas stations
I’m seeing a rash of reports involving card skimmers at gas stations, most of which I’m not posting to this blog. Here are two such reports as examples, though: Michigan State Police and the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office are investigating reports of fraudulent credit card activity. There have been at least 12 credit card skimmers found at…
Santander reports ATM incidents at Massachusetts branches (updated)
Santander Bank seems to be having problems with ATM incidents at some of their Massachusetts branches. In each of three reported cases, the criminals attached a magnetic stripe reader on the ATM vestibule door of the branch and removed it within a day or two. Customers’ names, card numbers, expiration dates, security codes, and PIN numbers were obtained…
Armenian Skimmer Leader Pleads Guilty
Wes Mayer reports: Davit Kudugulyan, the leader of an Armenian group that stole financial information from hundreds of victims throughout multiple states, including numerous victims in Coweta County, pleaded guilty in New York County on Wednesday. Last March, Kudugulyan and three other suspects, Garegin Spartalyan, Hayk Dzhandzhapanyan and Aram Martirosian, were arrested in New York…
NC: Skimmers steal CMPD gas card info; police warning public
Coleen Harry reports: Charlotte Mecklenburg Police are reminding people to be vigilant when paying for gas at the pump after officers with the department fell victim to card skimmers at local pumps. Police say four of the department’s Fuelman credit cards were skimmed at a local gas station in April. Officers have not said where…
Virginia Credit Union reissuing cards after skimming breach
Britni McDonald reports: Virginia Credit Union says more than 2,000 cardholders had their information breached and money stolen. The credit union says this is a case of ATM skimming, where fraudsters place a device on ATMs that allows them to gather data and duplicate cards. Three branches of the credit union are affected, including Glenside…