Fairfax County police are still investigating a reported skimmed ATM machine but still no arrests.
Fairfax County police still haven’t arrested anyone involved with placing a skimmer on an ATM at the Inova Fairfax Hospital Cardiac Care Center in August but they have been plenty busy investigating similar cases. Over the last 18 months, Lucy Caldwell, spokeswoman for the agency, said detectives have investigated about 600 cases in the “skimmed cards” category and the number is climbing. “When we say skimmed, we include cases where skimmings occurred at ATMs as well as where the skimming took place at other venues,” she said. In late August, police say a skimming device was placed on an ATM inside the hospital. Caldwell said thousands of dollars were stolen from accounts that were breached because of the device. It’s unknown exactly how …
Fairfax County police have not made any arrests and say this crime in on the rise.
Fairfax County police are looking for the people who placed a skimmer on an ATM machine at the Inova Fairfax Hospital Cardiac Care Center some time in August. Lucy Caldwell, a county police spokeswoman, said detectives believe the device was placed on the machine in late August. A customer who contacted security immediately spotted the skimming device on the ATM machine at the hospital, Caldwell said. Caldwell said police don’t know how many people were affected. Thousands of dollars have been stolen from the accounts of people who used the machine since August. Police removed the device Wednesday, Caldwell said. “Anybody who has used that ATM is potentially a victim,” Caldwell said. “It is important for people to check their accounts …
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8:53 am on Friday, September 14, 2012
I would like to suggest that Fairfax County officials and the Police department recommend the following to banks who set these up at various locations: Ask bank employees or contracted companies who replenish the machines with cash to also at that time, check them thoroughly for these skimmers. It appears that they may not be that difficult to detect if a customer spotted this particular one in … more ›