Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Boston Criminal lawyer Blog

Criminal Law

: Boston Criminal lawyer Blog

Three People Arrested in Massachusetts ATM Theft Scam

By Altman & Altman

Police have arrested three men over their alleged involvement in a Massachusetts ATM theft scam. Ivaylo Hristov, Anton Venkov, and Vladislav Vladev are accused of being part of a fraud ring that allegedly has stolen, according to Quincy police, hundreds of thousands of dollars from numerous victims in the Greater Boston Area. The three men allegedly engaged in ?skimming,? which involves people using bank-card readers and tiny cameras to retrieve people?s bank and pin information. The data can then be downloaded onto a card that has a magnetic strip. The card can then work as an ATM card to the victim?s bank account. Police arrested Hristov, 28, at Citizens Bank in Quincy where he allegedly stole $500 from someone?s ATM bank account. They say he had eight re-coded Dunkin? Donuts gift cards with him...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on January 30, 2010 (boomark / email).