Credit Card Skimmers at Gas Stations

A recent investigation in Florida uncovered 103 credit card skimmers over a three-month period. A problem state leaders here have faced head on.

Arizona is number two in the nation.

Aggressive measures by investigators at the Arizona Department of Weights and Measures and state leaders since 2011 have reduced the number of skimmers being used at Arizona gas pumps. Only four devices were found last year and four so far this year, in Tempe, Phoenix, Scottsdale and Yuma.

Armenian-based criminal organization out of Los Angeles are suspected responsible for putting the devices in local gas pumps.

Read more here.

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