Two Arrested For Australia Fraud Involving McD’s- $4 Million
December 24, 2009A Briton and a Canadian were arrested for the audacious swindling of four million Aussie dollars. The two are believed to have illicitly gained the credit card information by rigging up hand-help POS devices at McDonald’s stores in Western Australia. The tampering allowed them to gain credit card numbers and their PINS. But, it wasn’t a solo job (or even a “duo” job):
Police will allege the men formed part of a well organized international crime syndicate responsible for the skimming crimes and theft of significant sums of money from the credit card and bank accounts of West Australians, at automatic teller machines in NSW, Victoria, Canada, Great Britain, USA, India and Malaysia.
Both men are being extradited to Western Australia to face charges.
