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PrivatBank neutralized a group of skimmers

22.01.2012

On January 18, 2012 in Lviv, the security service of PrivatBank stopped the activities of an international group of scammers-skimmers who used overlays on ATMs to steal the personal data of cardholders. According to PrivatBank, the scammers were caught red-handed while removing the lining from the bank's ATM located in Lviv. They turned out to be two citizens of Romania, who were taken to the police. During the search, electronic means for skimming and plastic cards of various Ukrainian and foreign banks were seized from the suspects.

"It is rare for anyone to catch skimmers red-handed, but today we know how to catch them," said Stanislav Krizhanovsky, head of PrivatBank's security service. The task force of security left and detained the swindlers".

According to an investigation conducted by the bank's security service, by installing an overlay on various ATMs in Lviv, fraudsters managed to steal the data of 56 payment cards of customers of various banks. In the course of the analysis of video surveillance materials for the ATM network, the involvement of these persons in other facts of skimming in the Ivano-Frankivsk region was established, the amount of damage for which amounted to UAH 27.

The fraudsters will be prosecuted under Art. 200 of the Criminal Code (“Illegal actions with transfer documents, payment cards and other means of access to bank accounts, equipment for their manufacture”), and the detainees face two to five years in prison, PrivatBank reported.

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