http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/5218310-418/local-michaels-shoppers-hit-in-debit-card-fraud.html By Bill Bird The Beacon News May 9, 2011 Suzie Steinmetz of Naperville is one of untold Chicago area residents who have lost money and had their financial identities compromised following what appears to be credit and debit card PIN pad tampering at local Michaels stores. Like other victims, Steinmetz shopped earlier this year at a Michaels outlet -- in her case, on April 11 and several subsequent days at the store at 2768 W. Aurora Ave., on Naperville’s far west side. On the last weekend in April, two unauthorized withdrawals of $500 each were made on her bank account from automated teller machines in California. It’s become a pattern local police are seeing more and more often. Dan Ferrelli, spokesman for the Aurora Police Department, confirmed Thursday police there have taken reports from several residents who apparently had their debit or credit card accounts compromised after shopping at the Naperville Michaels outlet. Those complaints have been forwarded to Naperville police, Ferrelli said. Naperville police Sgt. Gregg Bell would only say police from his agency have fielded 15 or 20 complaints related to the same store. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Tue May 10 2011 - 00:33:02 PDT
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