Crime & Safety
Riverside Police Arrest Two For "Skimming" At Bank ATMs, Stealing More Than $10k
Skimming devices "capture the card data and PINs" of bank customers, "which can be cloned onto another card," Riverside Police said.
November 20, 2023
Riverside police announced the arrest of two suspects whom they believe have been installing "skimming" devices at local bank ATMs throughout the area, resulting in tens of thousands of dollars stolen.
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Skimming devices "capture the card data and PINs" of bank customers, "which can be cloned onto another card," Riverside Police Department officials said in a statement. This allows the suspects to make fraudulent withdrawals and transactions using money from the unsuspecting victims' accounts.
On Wednesday, Economic Crimes detectives saw two men parked across from a Bank of America, located in the 10200 block of Magnolia Avenue, which they say appeared to have a "makeshift antennae attached and pointed towards the bank's ATMs."
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Nicolae Adrian Masu (left) and George Daniel Mirica (right)/Riverside Police Department/CBS
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