Mississippi inspects 900+ businesses in credit card skimmer crackdown
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office announced a statewide operation to crackdown on credit card skimmers has concluded. During Operation S.A.F.E. (Skimmer and Fraud Enforcement), which ran from November 6 through November 20, more than 900 businesses across the state were inspected and nearly 6,000 point of sale terminals were examined. “Scammers are always […]
The U.S. Secret Service Washington Field Office (WFO) has issued an advisory on identifying credit card skimming devices, calling this form of financial theft a “low-risk, high-reward crime that is on the rise across the country.” Following the recent Operation Potomac, where law enforcement agencies recovered multiple skimming devices from…
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - Another card skimmer has been found in Abilene, this time at a grocery store. The skimmer was found at Cash Savers on the 100 block of Sayles Boulevard around 3:00 p.m. Friday. Card skimmer found at 2nd Abilene gas station in past week An incident report…
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - One man pled guilty and two others were sentenced for installing skimmers in Mississippi. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Alexandru Ionut Gheorghe, 28, and Marian Aurelian Neacsu, 29, were both sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for possession of device-making equipment. Their codefendant, Bogdan…