Skimming Device Found on ATM Machine at Inova Hospital in Falls Church
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 ›