Old-style ATM kiosks helped Romanians install skimming devices, say police

Chandigarh | Saturday | 18th August, 2018

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Total recoveryPolice recovered six ATM keyboard camera devices, three card skimming devices, 650 ATM cards, six pieces of camera-ribbed cable, two laptops, one ATM card magnetic skimming device, six iron devices along with three pieces of SD card adopters. The shape of the card readers in these kiosks was such that skimming devices can be installed easily. Crime Branch Inspector Amanjot Singh said, “We have inspected the ATM kiosks at other banks and found that as the card readers are flat in shape, it is not easy to install skimming devices there. Kolkata Police team coming to ChandigarhPolice said a Kolkata Police team was on its way to Chandigarh to question the Romanian nationals in connection with the recovery of skimming devices at ATM kiosks in Kolkata. In Mohali, the device was installed at the Phase-9 Canara Bank ATM..