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NYPD: These Guys Skimmed CVS, Bank Of America ATMs & Stole Thousands
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Jen Chung
Published Mar 19, 2016
Modified Mar 19, 2016
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The police are looking for two suspects who stole thousands of dollars from victims' bank accounts by setting up skimming devices at Manhattan ATMs.
In January, police said that the pair "attached a skimming device to an ATM located at 420 5th Avenue (CVS pharmacy) and to an ATM located at 21 East 96 Street (Bank of America)" and then took the ATM card holder's personal information to create duplicate cards and withdrew money from the victims' accounts at Queens banks. The police mentioned these six incidents:
Incident #1 - Grand larceny reported at approximately 1658 hours on Friday, October 16, 2015. $1,000 taken.Incident #2 - Grand larceny reported at approximately 2100 hours on Friday, October 16, 2015. $1,180 taken.Incident #3 - Grand larceny reported at approximately 1000 hours on Thursday, October 22, 2015. $1,640 taken. Incident #4 - Grand larceny reported at approximately 0000 hours on Saturday, November 21, 2015. $1,515 taken. Incident #5 - Grand larceny reported at approximately 1430 hours on Tuesday, December 1, 2015. $986 taken. Incident #6 - Grand larceny reported at approximately 1500 hours on Wednesday, December 2, 2015. $1,483 taken.
Yesterday, the police noted 21 more incidents, which took place in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn:
Incident#1:(105Pct): Thursday, August 27, 2015 at approximately 2017hrs, $503 was withdrawn from a 66-year-old female's account.
Incident#2: (13Pct): Friday, August 28, 2015 at approximately 0100hrs, undetermined amount of fraudulent charges were made on a 52-year-old male's credit card.
Incident#3: (32Pct): Thursday, September 3, 2015 at approximately 1605hrs, $1,002.50 was withdrawn from a 42-year-old female's account.
Incident#4: (20Pct): Thursday, September 3, 2015 at approximately 1832hrs, multiple transactions for an undetermined amount of money belonging to a 57-year-old male were made.
Incident#5: (24Pct): Thursday, September 3, 2015 at approximately 2100hrs, multiple unauthorized transactions were made on accounts belonging to a 44-year-old female.
Incident#6: (10Pct): Thursday, October 22, 2015 at approximately 1410hrs, unauthorized transactions were made an accounts belonging to a 53-year-old male and 55-year-old female's accounts.
Incident#7: (49Pct): Thursday, October 22, 2015 at approximately 1450hrs, an unauthorized withdrawal for $403 was made from an account belonging to a 46-year-old female.
Incident#8: (50Pct): Saturday, October 24, 2015 at approximately 1500hrs, unauthorized transactions for an undetermined amount of money were made from a 67-year-old female's account.
Incident#9: (115Pct): Monday, October 26, 2015 at approximately 0800hrs, withdrawals of $1155.16 were made from account belonging to a 33-year-old female.
Incident#10: (18Pct): Monday, November 2, 2015 at approximately 0700hrs, unauthorized withdrawal was made for $503 from a 77-year-old female's account.
Incident#11: (110Pct): Saturday, November 7,2015 at approximately 1800hrs, $1,000 was withdrawn from an account belonging to a 30-year-old male.
Incident#12: (112Pct): Sunday, November 8, 2015 at approximately 1200hrs, at least four unauthorized transaction were made from an account belonging to a 52-year-old male.
Incident#13: (73Pct): Saturday, November 28, 2015 at approximately 0930 hours, two unauthorized transactions were made from an account belonging to a 28-year-old male.
Incident#14: (71Pct): Saturday, November 28, 2015 at approximately 1500hrs, $580 was withdrawn from an account belonging to a 44-year-old female.
Incident#15: (19Pct): Sunday, December 13, 2015 at approximately 2200hrs, $503 was removed from an account belonging to a 52-year-old male.
Incident#16: (19Pct):Monday, December 14, 2015 at approximately 0800hrs, $966 was withdrawn from an account.
Incident#17: (19Pct): Monday, December 14, 2015 at approximately 1200hrs, unauthorized transactions were made from an account belonging to a 31-year-old female.
Incident#18: (19Pct): Monday, December 14, 2015 at approximately 1200hrs, unauthorized transactions were made from an account belonging to a 48-year-old male.
Incident#19: (19Pct): Monday, December 14, 2015 at approximately 1200hrs, unauthorized transactions were made from an account belonging to a 70-year-old male.
Incident#20: (19Pct): Monday, December 14, 2015 at approximately 1200hrs five separate transactions were made on an account belonging to a 41-year old male.
Incident#21: (19Pct): Monday, December 14, 2015 at approximately 1300hrs, $200 was withdrawn from an account belonging to a 33-year-old female.
Police released photos of the suspects, who are wanted for grand larceny, from Incidents 9 (October 26) and 14 (November 28).
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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