WSJ: The Romanians Steal the Social Aid of Americans Taking Advantage of Old Cards, Money Gets Into Real Estate and Gambling
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Romanian thieves have put fear in Americans. They take advantage of old magnetic tapes from social welfare cards to steal hundreds of millions of dollars of public money, says Wall Street Journal. Article A criminal gang made up of Romanians steals social aid from Americans in the state of Ohio. How criminals first appeared in Romania TV.
Crime networks organized with links in Romania are accused by the US authorities of exploiting the vulnerabilities of EBT cards to steal funds for people with low income in the United States. An investigation published by The Wall Street Journal shows that criminals would have used skimmer-like devices to copy the card data and PIN codes of beneficiaries of social assistance programs.
On a cold March day, a Romanian citizen who has already been expelled twice from the US entered a 7-Eleven store in Toledo, Ohio, and secretly mounted a device called "skimmer" at a credit card terminal, the prosecutors say...
The thieves take advantage of the use of an old magnetic taped technology on cards with table vouchers to steal hundreds of millions of dollars of public money. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (USA), September 20, 2026 – On a cold March day a Romanian citizen – expelled twice from the US – entered a [...]
Organized crime groups led or formed, including from Romanian citizens, exploit the vulnerabilities of the US social aid system to steal money from low-income families, reports The Wall Street Journal. American authorities are investigating a number of networks that use ‘skimmer' devices to copy social benefit card data, associated damage [...]
On a March day, a Romanian who had already been expelled twice from the US entered a 7-Eleven store in Toledo, Ohio, and secretly mounted a device called "skimmer" to a POS, supporting American prosecutors.
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