[Dataloss] Follow up to: Fake Card reader results in ID theft in Los Gatos Ca.

[Henry Brown]

http://www.nbc11.com/news/17066606/detail.html

Police: Man Behind South Bay Lunardi's ATM Scam Nabbed

Police arrested a man Friday they said was involved with an ATM scam at 
a Los Gatos supermarket that lost about $300,000.

After a four-month investigation, the Los Gatos Monte/Sereno Police 
Department arrested Raymond Kurt Fisher, 37, at his San Jose home 
Thursday, police said.

Fischer worked in the Lunardi's meat department, and he was working 
there until Thursday, NBC11 reported.

Between March and April, 14, 2008, 250 Lunardi's shoppers found 
fraudulent charges or cash withdrawals with a grand total of about 
$300,000 from their bank accounts, police said.

The majority of the withdrawals were made in Southern California, police 
said.

Fisher was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail in connection with 
burglary, conspiracy, drunken driving, and further charges may be filed 
later, according to the district attorney's office.

The investigation is ongoing, and police said they are not ruling out 
further arrests.


-------- Original Message --------
Subject:     [Dataloss] Fake Card reader results in ID theft in Los 
Gatos Ca.
Date:     Thu, 01 May 2008 05:38:38 -0500
From:     Henry Brown <hbrown at knology.net>
To:     dataloss at attrition.org


http://cbs5.com/local/supermarket.identity.theft.2.711956.html

An ATM and credit card reader in a checkout aisle at the Los Gatos 
Lunardi's supermarket was recently switched, resulting in more than two
dozen reported cases of identity theft, a Los Gatos/Monte Sereno Police 
Department spokesman said Tuesday.

Police received the first reports from victims who said their credit or 
debit cards had been used fraudulently on Sunday night and additional
victim reports continued on Monday and today, according to police 
spokesman Tam McCarty.

"They started pouring in," McCarty said.

Police believe the victims all had their card numbers stolen at the Los 
Gatos Lunardi's, 720 Blossom Hill Road, after officials from Lunardi's
contacted them about a problem with one of their card readers.

"It was a switched card reader at one of the aisles," McCarty said. 
Recent shoppers of the Los Gatos Lunardi's should check the status of
their bank or credit card accounts for charges they did not make, 
according to police.

"Specifically look for charges in the Southern California area,Pasadena, 
Huntington; that's where most of them seem to be," McCarty said.

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