Two Indicted in Credit-Card Skimming, Fraud Ring

WOBURN, MA – Two men from Italy and Romania have been indicted on charges they ran an elaborate, large-scale credit-card skimming ring in several Middlesex towns along the Route 128 corridor.

Antonio Testone, 30, of Italy, and Bogdan Ionut Bujor, 28, of Romania, were each indicted on Tuesday on charges of violation of electronic transfers, larceny over $250, conspiracy and being a common and notorious thief after investigators found more than 120 fraudulent credit cards and $15,000 in cash as a result of a search warrant .

No arraignment dates in superior court have been scheduled.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan alleges that the two men are linked to bank fraud that took place in Burlington and Bedford.

Police allege that the morning of October 27, 2016, several branches of a local-area bank reported incidents of fraudulent transactions. These banks were located on Mall Road and Cambridge Street in Burlington as well as on the Great Road in Bedford.

Bedford and Burlington Police Departments confirmed through the use of still photos and video images that the same suspects were responsible for the alleged thefts at all three banks.

Subsequent search warrants resulted in the recovery of over 120 fraudulent cards, documents appearing to be ATM card PINs, and over $15,000 cash allegedly in the possession of the two defendants.