Canada: High-Tech Criminal Ring Clones Debit Cards
Ingrid Peritz writes in The Globe and Mail:
Police say they have busted a savvy criminal ring that used wireless technology to clone the debit cards of 18,000 bank customers in the Montreal area.More here.
About $4-million was emptied from consumers' bank accounts before the scheme was stopped, said Captain Michel Forget of the Sûreté du Québec, the provincial police.
Ten people were arrested as of yesterday afternoon, he said.
The criminals mainly targeted convenience stores and gas stations. With the help of accomplices working for the stores, they rigged the stores' debit-card devices, according to police. When customers punched in their personal identification numbers, the information was transmitted, using Wi-Fi technology, to a nearby receiver.
posted by Fergie @ 6/21/2006 06:34:00 AM
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