Credit Card Skimmer Placed At Reading Grocery Store: Police

READING, MA — Police are investigating after a credit card skimmer was found in a Market Basket location in Reading.

A Market Basket Security and Loss Prevention representative contacted police Oct. 30 because a skimming device was found placed on a credit card machine at a register inside the store Oct. 26.

Market Basket employees found it the day it was placed. A review of data by the store's IT department indicates that the device was located and removed before any sensitive data could be stolen, according to police.

A police review of surveillance video shows that one suspect distracted a clerk while the other suspect placed the skimming device on the credit card machine.

Police described one of the suspects as a white or Hispanic male, wearing a black hat, face mask, black jacket, white shirt, black jeans, and white shoes. The second suspect is described as a white or Hispanic male wearing a black hat, face mask, black jacket, black shirt, blue jeans, and white and black sneakers.

Police are investigating along with law enforcement partners in other communities in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.