Crime & Safety
California Woman, Two Romanian Teens Arrested in Skimmer Scheme
Police trying to determine if they are linked to other skimming devices.
A woman from California and two Romanian teens were arrested last week on charges connected to an ATM skimming device that had been hooked up to a machine in a convenience store in Tualatin.
The device - which steals the card information from debit and credit cars - had been discovered by the store manager.
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The three were arrested when they returned to retrieve the machine.
Police are trying to determine if they are connected to similar devices located in Beaverton, Tigard, and elsewhere.
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The woman was identified as 36-year-old Fiorina Welch of Fullerton, California. She is charged with unlawful factoring of a credit card transaction.
The teens - ages 16 and 17 - are from Romania and are charged with criminal possession of a forgery device, interfering with a police officer, and unlawful factoring of a credit card transaction.
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