Feds in Vegas charge 11 in ATM fraud ring

Federal authorities in Nevada say they broke up a criminal ring with Bulgarian ties accused of defrauding Las Vegas and Phoenix auto dealers and skimming money from bank ATMs. A prosecutor identified Dimitar Dimitrov, 58, a U.S. citizen who lives in Las Vegas, as the ringleader of a group that used straw buyers to acquire and ship vehicles to Eastern Europe, and also stole bank account and PIN numbers from customers. He was named along with 10 other people in three separate indictments stemming from a two-year FBI investigation that involved the use of court-approved wiretaps. An indictment accuses Dimitrov and four other men of trafficking in counterfeit access devices and aggravated identity theft in a scheme that Bliss said netted at least $700,000 from bank ATMs in and around Las Vegas. Posted in: Debit Card Fraud