Arrests After Cloned Debit Cards Used In Mooresville: MPD

MOORESVILLE, NC — Three suspects who used cloned debit cards made with stolen information to make purchases at a Mooresville Harris Teeter grocery store have been arrested, Mooresville Police Department said Wednesday.

The arrests come as several gas pump card skimmers — the devices used to steal the information — have been found on pumps stations across Mooresville and Troutman, MPD said.

Officers were called to Harris Teeter on Town Center Drive May 14 after a store manager became suspicious when the suspects were using multiple debit cards to make several transactions.

“Investigators had been at the store earlier that afternoon investigating the same suspects for similar incidents that occurred on May 8,” MPD said.

The suspects attempted to flee, but were quickly taken into custody. “Officers recovered more than $1,000 in property purchased with cloned debit cards, as well as nearly $12,000 cash plus crucial pieces of evidence found inside their vehicle,” MPD said.

Yariel Monsibaez-Ruiz, 26; Denis Monsibaez-Diaz, 34; and Ariel Mora-Quijada, 23 — all from Florida — were arrested and charged with five counts of felony identity theft, obtaining property by false pretenses and conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses.

According to MPD, all three are citizens of Cuba. They are being held in the Iredell County Detention Center.

MPD urges residents to check their debit card transactions for discrepancies and notify law enforcement and their bank if fraud is discovered.

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