13800 accounts "stolen" in Nevada Florida and Arizona

[Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/20/officials-man-skimmed-13800-credit-cards-alleged-s/ 


Officials: 13,800 credit cards ‘skimmed’ in alleged scheme

Federal charges have been filed against a Las Vegas man in connection 
with the production and use of counterfeit credit and debit cards that 
allegedly were encoded with information skimmed from gas pumps in Las 
Vegas and elsewhere.

Zelalem Berhe, 41, is charged in a criminal indictment with five counts 
of bank fraud, possession of 15 or more counterfeit access devices, 
possession of access device-making equipment and aggravated identity 
theft, said U.S. attorney for Nevada Daniel Bogden.

 From about April 16, 2009, to May 4, 2010, the indictment alleges that 
Berhe and others installed devices used to steal magnetic information 
from credit and debit cards — known as "skimming" at gas pumps in the 
Las Vegas area, as well as in Florida and Arizona.

...

Berhe and others allegedly skimmed about 13,800 credit and debit card 
account numbers using this system and unlawfully used the stolen account 
numbers to fraudulently obtain about $591,872 from more than 10 
financial institutions, officials said.
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