Thirteen suspects are being charged in New York in connection with a felony theft of money from gas station pumps, estimated at more than $2 million, according to court documents.
Skimming devices , placed at gas station pumps across the southern U.S., recorded credit and debit card data and passwords, which thieves then used to steal more than $2 million from ATMs. They then tried to launder the money through at least 70 different bank accounts, according to the New York attorney general 's office .
Some of the skimming were placed on pumps at Raceway and Racetrac gas stations throughout Texas, Georgia and South Carolina. The devices were Bluetooth-enabled, so thieves could simply download the stolen data from the skimming device without having to remove it.
