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Thief Who Swiped 94,000 Credit Card Numbers At Michaels Stores In NY, NJ, CT, PA Sentenced Thief Who Swiped 94,000 Credit Card Numbers At Michaels Stores In NY, NJ, CT, PA Sentenced
Thief Who Swiped 94,000 Credit Card Numbers At Michaels Stores In NY, NJ, CT, PA Sentenced A member of an ID theft ring that stole more than $600,000 from customers at Michaels stores in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison on Thursday. Jose “Tito” Salazar, age 45, of Riverside, CA was part of a crew that replaced card-reading terminals at the arts and crafts retailer with wireless imitations that they used to capture customers' bank account numbers and PINs, Acting US Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. They then created copycat cards that were then used to withdraw more than $500,000 from hun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Three Alleged Shoplifters Tracked Down After Incident At CVS In Riverside Three Alleged Shoplifters Tracked Down After Incident At CVS In Riverside
Three Alleged Shoplifters Tracked Down After Incident At CVS In Riverside Three people were nabbed for alleged shoplifting at a CVS store in Riverside after police were able to track down the vehicle involved. Officers were called around 2:55 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, to the store in Riverside Commons, but the suspects had already fled the area in a black vehicle, said Greenwich Police. Store employees were able to provide a description of the vehicle to police who were then able to track it down nearby and make a traffic stop, police said. During the stop, officers found stolen merchandise in the trunk, police said. A check of the store security video ma…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
ID Thief Gets Three Years For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers ID Thief Gets Three Years For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers
ID Thief Gets Three Years For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers A 28-year-old man received three years in federal prison Wednesday for his role in stealing information from 94,000 credit and debit cards used by customers at Michaels stores in Connecticut and elsewhere and then pulling nearly $500,000 from the victims' accounts. Angel Angulo of Riverside, California, previously admitted that he and his co-conspirators replaced swipe terminals with imitations that they used to record the bank account numbers and PINs. They used the information to create bogus cards that were then used to withdraw money from hundreds of victims' accounts, he said. The cre…

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by Jerry DeMarco