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Date: 12:51 03/17 2010

Police make headway in debit card cloning scam

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Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Debit card holders are being warned on Tuesday afternoon to be on the alert as the police and the island's major financial institutions have uncovered a multi-million dollar debit card cloning racket.

It is understood that the major banks have had their hands full as an increasing number of customers complain about the disappearance of money from their bank accounts.

The cops made a breakthrough in the racket two weeks ago following the arrest of 28-year-old gas station attendant, Dwayne Smith.

He was charged with fraud after the cops found him in possession of a device called a "Skimmer" which is used to clone information on debit and credit cards.

He appeared before the Corporate Area Criminal Court on Tuesday on several counts of fraud involving $1.3 million.

Smith pleaded guilty and is to be sentenced on April 7.

The police reported that between December 2009 and February this year, Mr. Smith who was employed to the Total Service Station in Mona, used the skimmer device to clone the debit and credit cards of customers who purchased petrol at the station.

The Fraud Squad was called in by the National Commercial Bank after its customers began complaining of money being mysteriously withdrawn from their accounts.

Unauthorised transactions were made even while some of the customers were in the bank filing their complaints.

Investigations by the police and the bank pointed them to the Total Service Station in Mona.

The cops raided the service station on March 2 and arrested Mr. Smith.

They took him to his home in Tavares Gardens popularly known as Payne Land and found the skimmer device in a drawer.

The police say he used the device to clone information on the debit and credit cards of customers, which would then be downloaded onto a computer and a duplicate card created.

The cops say Smith would also steal the customers' PINs and withdraw large sums of money from their accounts.

Head of the Fraud Squad Superintendent Colbert Edwards said the police are now setting their sights on other persons involve in the multi-million dollar racket.

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