Florida Waitress Repays Bad Tippers By Stealing Credit-Cards
A disgruntled waitress is at the heart of a credit-card skimming scam that has affected at least nine customers of a Port Richey, Fla., eatery known as Mugs N Jugs.
View ArticleFormer waitress gets 2 months in jail
Authorities say Chibuzo Okafor, who worked at the Stamford Town Center Chinese bistro, was one of two women who used skimming devices to steal credit card information from September 2008 to January 2009.
View ArticleCredit Card Fraud at Restaurants Isn’t an Urban Legend
Eight restaurant employees in Los Angeles, California were arrested for stealing the credit card information of customers and selling that information for $200 a pop and one more suspect is still being...
View ArticlePasta, Meatballs and Credit Card Theft
The most common place for credit card information to be stolen is at a restaurant, according to Visa.The credit card company, which constantly monitors cardholder transactions and data for fraud, has...
View ArticleFake-credit-card schemes plague South Florida
Blank credit cards, holograms, magnetic strips and stolen account information are selling in bulk on websites that offer identity thieves a one-stop shop for their counterfeit-credit-card schemes.
View ArticleEx-waitress sentenced in counterfeit card scheme
A former Waterloo waitress has been sent to prison for allegedly using her customers' credit card information to make new cards.
View ArticleNorfolk Man Gets 7 Years in Credit Card Skimming Case
A Norfolk man, Tiquan Savary, was sentenced to seven years in prison by a federal grand jury for running a fraudulent scheme to skim credit and debit card account numbers.
View ArticleMd. man convicted in identity theft, card skimming case
authorities have arrested a suspect who ran an identity theft and credit card skimming ring that victimized more than 780 people was convicted in federal court this week.
View ArticleSteakhouse Staff Allegedly Took Cut
A ring of identity thieves recruited waiters at some of New York's most well-known steakhouses to steal credit-card information from diners that was then used to make millions of dollars in illicit...
View ArticleSurvey Outlines Compliance Challenge Among Small Merchants
With a freshly revised version of industry rules for payment card data security having just emerged (Digital Transactions News, Oct. 28), further evidence is also surfacing of the compliance challenge...
View ArticleAwareness of PCI Remains “Shockingly Low” Among Small Merchants
Small merchants are not much more aware of—let alone compliant with—the Payment Card Industry data-security standard (PCI) than they were a year ago, according to a study released this week. Some 53%...
View ArticleNYC identity theft and credit card fraud victimized thousands, more than 100...
Bank tellers, restaurant workers and other service employees in New York City lifted credit card data from residents and foreign tourists as part of an identity theft ring that stretched out to China,...
View ArticleBellatrix Unveils Revolutionary Alternative to Processing Credit Card...
We make things [for markets] that don't exist before we create them, explains Bill Raven, senior vice president, sales & marketing for Bellatrix Systems, Inc., a Bend-based privately held company...
View ArticleDiners can swipe own credit cards
Crooks who engage in identity theft and credit card fraud will find thin pickings at restaurants with the new CATS encrypted card reader developed by Bellatrix Systems of Bend.
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