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Criminal group arrested for skimming credit card information

By Lauren Lindberg

28/04/2011 - A group of nine people people were recently arrested in Ontario and accused of skimming forged credit cards from automated banking machines in various areas of Canada.

The Vancouverite reports that the group of alleged criminals are tied to an Eastern European organized crime syndicate, and are accused of stealing information from more than 300 card owners, stealing nearly $2 million. The thieves hit machines all over the country including south Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Nova Scotia, and were caught as a result of multiple police stations working together, along with the Canada Border Services Agency.

The nine people arrested included Robert Deslippe and Arthur Campbell of St. Catherines, Valentin Moldovan of Richmond Hill, Laura Iona of Vaughan, Ioan Florin Tanasa and others, some one whom did not have fixed addresses.

Authorities in the United States have also seen an increase in the number of credit card skimmers. The El Paso Times reports that local police recently announced that there had been 68 credit and debit card-related abuse cases so far in April, significantly higher than at the same point last year. 

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