The FBI's Los Angeles Field Office, California, worked with Romanian police to conduct an impressive sting operation that capped an investigation that had lasted more than three years. As part of this case, security forces tried to identify everyone who was part of the group, whose members installed skimming devices in ATMs.
The operation resulted in the arrests of 48 people, the seizure of a million dollars in various currencies and the confiscation of 11 vehicles associated with criminals. The main mission of the group was to steal credit card data in the United States and then transport the stolen money first to Western European countries and then to Romania.
The exact number of Americans affected by the actions of the ethnic group is not reported. It is known that there are at least 8,000 of them. All of the suspects were, to one degree or another, connected to the notorious skimmer gang that operated in the Mexican resort of Riviera Maya and at one point controlled 12 percent of the core market, as well as directly to its leader, Florian Tudor. He faces fraud charges in Mexico and attempted murder in Romania.
• Video: https://news.yahoo.com/thousands-credit-card-numbers-stolen-223103773.htm
The operation resulted in the arrests of 48 people, the seizure of a million dollars in various currencies and the confiscation of 11 vehicles associated with criminals. The main mission of the group was to steal credit card data in the United States and then transport the stolen money first to Western European countries and then to Romania.
The exact number of Americans affected by the actions of the ethnic group is not reported. It is known that there are at least 8,000 of them. All of the suspects were, to one degree or another, connected to the notorious skimmer gang that operated in the Mexican resort of Riviera Maya and at one point controlled 12 percent of the core market, as well as directly to its leader, Florian Tudor. He faces fraud charges in Mexico and attempted murder in Romania.
• Video: https://news.yahoo.com/thousands-credit-card-numbers-stolen-223103773.htm
