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Prosecutors in California say the Romanian mafia has given a new look to an old scam — debit card skimming — by placing devices to steal personal information on self-checkout machines in grocery stores.
Debit card skimmers have long been problematic at gas stations and ATMs. Now a highly organized network of crooks is branching out.
“They’ll have people sitting outside a Walmart or a Target, and it looks like they’re panhandling,” says Kimberly Edds, director of public affairs with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. “Sometimes they’ll have a couple of kids. And they are actually using Bluetooth technology that’s connected to the skimmers inside the stores. So it’s like a two for one, getting cash that people give them and stealing the numbers off the skimmers.”
Law enforcement say the majority of the suspects they’ve arrested over the skimmer scheme are connected to an organized crime operation in Romania. Many of the are coming across the southern border into the United States.
Officials estimate the skimmer thefts are stealing an estimated $9 million a month from unsuspecting shoppers.
The skimmers are also able to target EBT card users. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer’s office explained earlier this year that once the skimmer has the EBT card information, they are able to drain accounts the moment that the state releases monthly payments, and the thieves are stealing taxpayer-funded welfare money to live in luxury.
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Romanian mob is coming for your debit cards, with ATM-style skimmers now at self-checkouts: authorities warn https://t.co/mMqZVAriKA
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