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Know these men? They’re accused of placing card skimmers at Connecticut stores
By Braley Dodson,
17 hours ago
NAUGATUCK, Conn. (WTNH) — Police from across Connecticut are asking for the public’s help to find men accused of placing card skimmers at stores — potentially stealing customers’ financial information.
LaBonne’s Markets is looking for whoever placed skimmers at its Prospect store, with the business offering a $500 cash reward leading to an arrest. Skimmers can look nearly identical to real card terminals, but steal a customer’s financial data so that criminals can clone a victim’s cards.
Two men wearing Hugo Boss clothing bought items at 1 p.m. on June 29, and then placed a skimmer on a register while the cashier was making change, according to a post from the company. The skimmer was found the next day.
During that time, there were 125 card transactions. Of those, 67 customers have been contacted. No customers have reported that their financial information was compromised. The skimmer appears to be one that requires for the suspects to come back in order to get the data, according to the company.
Police have not released suspect information connected to the Big Y skimmers.
LaBonne’s Markets has added security tape to credit card terminals so that the business can see if one has been tampered with.
“Some say we shouldn’t share this information publicly because it draws negative attention to us and may ‘scare’ people away from shopping at our store,” the business wrote. “I say no, we are a company that goes after criminals to the fullest extent of the law and does not let them hide in the dark.”
Naugatuck police released the pictured poster in an attempt to locate a man who placed a credit card skimmer at Walmart.
In Naugatuck, police are searching for a man who placed a skimmer at a self checkout register at Walmart. The skimmer was placed at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
A picture of the suspect shows a man wearing shorts, glasses, white shoes, a white shirt and a baseball cap.
In Cromwell, police said they determined on July 17 that a skimmer was placed on a self-checkout register at Walmart on June 29. Police released photos of two suspects who they said placed the skimmer on the register.
Anyone able to identify the men pictured below is asked to call Cromwell police at (860)635-2256 and refer to case #2400008042.
Cromwell police released surveillance photos in an attempt to identify two men who allegedly placed a credit card skimmer at Walmart. Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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