This Guy Installed A Skimming Device At An Upper East Side Bank: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Police have released the photo of a man who installed a credit card skimming device inside of an ATM at an Upper East Side bank.

The suspect (pictured above) entered a Capital One Bank on Third Avenue and East 59th Street around 8:19 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, and began tinkering with one of the cash machines, police said. He is accused of installing a skimming device to fit one of the machines in order to steal people's personal information, police told Patch.

Skimmers are devices installed on ATM machines designed to record private information about credit and debit cards such as card and PIN numbers, according to the security blog Krebs on Security. According to Krebs on Security the devices come in a number of different forms and can record the valuable financial information in a variety of ways.

The suspect is described as a man in his 20s or 30s, police said. His photo was captured on bank security cameras and was wearing a dark hat and dark jacket while installing the device.

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