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7-Eleven Hack From Russia Led to ATM Looting in New York
Flashback, early 2008. Citibank officials are witnessing a huge spike in fraudulent withdrawals from New York area ATMs — $180,000 is stolen from cash machines on the Upper East Side in just three days. After a stakeout, police arrest one man walking out of a bank with thousands of dollars in cash, and 12 reprogrammed cards. A lucky traffic stop catches two more cashers who’d driven in from Michigan.
Continue reading »Video: Raid on Romanian Bank Card Skimming Ring
Police in Romania this week swooped in on 19 members of an alleged international credit and debit card skimming ring that’s been active in Switzerland, Italy, France, and the U.S., according to local reports. Romania’s national Directorate for Countering Organized Crime staged 23 coordinated raids Tuesday, most of them in the city of Craiova, according to the Gazeta de Sud . The police found fake ATM components, card readers, five luxury cars, lots of cash, 100 cloned cards, documents showing wire transfers, and at least one handgun.
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