http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3963 By Tracy Kitten Managing Editor Bank Info Security August 16, 2011 NSW Police in Australia say the department's fraud squad has arrested and charged five Malaysian and Sri Lankan nationals suspected of being behind an elaborate international card-skimming scheme that spanned the United Kingdom, mainland Europe and North America. The alleged scheme, which authorities have been investigating for several months, involved skimming at point-of-sale terminals in numerous merchant locations. Police did not say how the accused are suspected of pulling off the scam -- such as through a compromised employee or through the swapping of POS devices, as was the case in the recent Michaels POS breach. [See Michaels Breach: Patterns Showed Fraud.] Police, however, did say authorities seized numerous POS terminals, PIN overlays and other electronics, such as laptops and mobile phones. Authorities also discovered [CAN] $10,000 in cash, falsified identification and travel documents and a number of Canadian credit cards. Over the last several months, investigators in connection with the case have seized more than 50 stolen POS terminals, dozens of skimmers and more than 18,000 blank and counterfeit cards. So far, 25 people have been arrested and charged. [...] ___________________________________________________________ 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 Aug 16 2011 - 23:54:41 PDT
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