Hipster Thieves Put Credit Card Skimmers On Machines In Williamsburg Stores, Police Say

WILLIAMSBURG — Police are hunting two hipster thieves suspected of putting skimming devices on two Williamsburg market credit card readers.

Surveillance photos captured two men putting a skimmer — a device that scans the personal information stored in a credit card’s magnetic strip — on a credit card reader inside Food Town at 159 N. 3rd St. around 2:15 p.m. on May 10, according to police.

Police believe the same two men placed another skimmer on a credit card reader in Brooklyn Harvest Market at 25 N. 5th St. around 4 p.m. on March 22.

Police describe the suspects as two bearded men wearing black hoodies and hats — one sported a baseball cap, the other was clad in black knit cap.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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