Man Who Stole From Red Bank ATM Sentenced To 54 Months In Prison

RED BANK — A man who fraudulently took money from an ATM in Red Bank was sentenced to 54 months in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Dorinel Trofin, 47, admitted that he was part of an ATM skimming scheme that stole bank account information by installing hidden card-reading devices and pinhole cameras on ATMs throughout northern and central New Jersey, officials said.

Trofin, who is from Romania, went over $1.5 million in actual and attempted losses to over 1,000 people, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Trofin pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. He also admitted that he along with his conspirators created bank cards with the information they took from those devices.

On Nov. 7, Trofin was seen cashing out an ATM at the Red Bank branch of Investor's Bank. The bank confirmed that those transactions were fraudulent, according to court documents.

Court authorized GPS tracking data for a car that Trofin used shows that it was close to the bank at the time of the fraudulent transactions, the document also says.

Besides the prison sentence, Trofin also got five years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $443,277 in restitution.