Consumer News » ATM fraud http://www.consumereducation.org.uk consumereducation.org.uk Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:47:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Jail for credit card cloners http://www.consumereducation.org.uk/consumer-court-cases/jail-for-credit-card-cloners/ http://www.consumereducation.org.uk/consumer-court-cases/jail-for-credit-card-cloners/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:50:43 +0000 Alan http://www.consumereducation.org.uk/?p=154 Two men have been placed in jail for a two and a half year sentence after taking cash from ATMs by using fake pin numbers and debit cards.

Romanian Horea Dumitru, aged 22, and Hungarian Kristzan Racz, aged 31, plead guilty to the fraud which took place in Edinburgh on March 1st.  An off duty policeman [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Two men have been placed in jail for a two and a half year sentence after taking cash from ATMs by using fake pin numbers and debit cards.

Romanian Horea Dumitru, aged 22, and Hungarian Kristzan Racz, aged 31, plead guilty to the fraud which took place in Edinburgh on March 1st.  An off duty policeman caught the pair when he saw them using the cards.

The Edinburgh Sheriff Court told the pair that custody was the only sentencing option.

Before the sentence was passed, the court was told that the pair’s flat contained a card cloning factory that was filled with equipment which was found during a police raid.  During the raid officers seized 24 false cards, £1,140 in cash, mobile phones, computer programmes from laptops, gift cards, and memory cards.

Sheriff Scott stated that the pair pled guilty to many serious charges due to the fact they were involved in premeditated fraud and had the equipment to prove they had planned on committing many more fraudulent acts implying that they were in essence caught in the act.

At a prior meeting, fiscal depute Ruth Ross-Davie stated that the off duty police offer saw the pair acting oddly and observed them feeding a variety of cards repeatedly into the machines.

The plot worked by attaching a false fascia to each ATM machine so that the cards could be used to take out money instantly.

The jail terms were dated back to March 2nd when the pair was first arrested.

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]]> http://www.consumereducation.org.uk/consumer-court-cases/jail-for-credit-card-cloners/feed/ 0 Credit card fraudsters go to jail http://www.consumereducation.org.uk/public-sector-consumer-problems/credit-card-fraudsters-go-to-jail/ http://www.consumereducation.org.uk/public-sector-consumer-problems/credit-card-fraudsters-go-to-jail/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:23:52 +0000 Alan http://www.consumereducation.org.uk/?p=148 Four men have been jailed for a total of 15 years for their various roles in a credit card fraud operation. The longest sentence was given to Theogenes de Montford, at four and a half years, while his cohorts Usman Mahmood, Rajakumar Thevathasan, and Rashid Abdi Hassan will be placed in jail for three and [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Four men have been jailed for a total of 15 years for their various roles in a credit card fraud operation. The longest sentence was given to Theogenes de Montford, at four and a half years, while his cohorts Usman Mahmood, Rajakumar Thevathasan, and Rashid Abdi Hassan will be placed in jail for three and a half years.

All four men were found guilty of tampering with ATM devices at petrol stations across the South of England last year.  They would play with the chip and pin devices in order to steal electronic data from bank cards used by customers, and then use the information in order to create fraudulent bank cards that could be used overseas.

The men were arrested following an investigation spearheaded by the DCPCU (Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit).  The men pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud following a two week trial.

Since its inception in April of 2002, the DCPCU has been able to prevent approximately £340m in cheque and card fraud losses, which breaks down to about £3.5m per month.

Detective Chief Inspector John Osibote, stated that they have worked with retail sector and banking sector closely throughout the course of this investigation in order to send a clear message that anyone who attempts to defraud the public will be caught and prosecuted for their actions accordingly.

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