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Man Pleads Guilty to Skimming Chevy Chase ATMs
posted 12:47 pm Thu November 06, 2008
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Alexandria (web|news), Md. - A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 by using a device to skim bank account numbers from automated teller machine users.
According to documents filed in Alexandria federal court, 26-year-old Vitalijs Balsevics, of Hyattsville, was one of two men accused in the conspiracy. Twenty-four-year-old Konstantin Sintsev also of Hyattsville, has been charged but hasn't entered a plea.
Investigators say the men targeted Chevy Chase Bank branches in Maryland and Virginia. They would plant a skimming device on the ATMs to read the magnetic strips of debit cards and gather account information. A second device would record the user's personal identification number. The men took as much as $8,600 from each of more than 77 accounts.
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Information from: The Washington Examiner
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ABC 7 Talkback: Man Pleads Guilty to Skimming Chevy Chase ATMs
soyousay
4:24 pm on 11/07/08
Thanks, Diplomat. I'd heard of devices that can read rfid tags on credit cards, passports and such, but not this. Whatta buncha crooks.
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