> On a chilly day in March, a twice-deported Romanian national walked into a 7-Eleven in Toledo, Ohio, and secretly affixed a device called a skimmer to a credit card machine, prosecutors say. The man was allegedly part of a California-based criminal crew led by a fellow Romanian nicknamed Piranha.
> The gang’s aim, according to criminal charges, was to steal food-stamp benefits from customers who swiped their government-issued debit cards at the convenience store
The amount of sophistication that these international crime rings have. And that fact that our Government seems to be very sloppy with taxpayer money and prosecuting foreigners commiting crime on our soil.
> Reliance by states on antiquated magnetic-stripe technology makes it easier.
This is the crux of the issue. It's really unfortunate how botched the rollout of chip and contactless payments in the US has been, magstripes should have been completely eliminated a decade ago.
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[ 0.23 ms ] story [ 2.9 ms ] thread> On a chilly day in March, a twice-deported Romanian national walked into a 7-Eleven in Toledo, Ohio, and secretly affixed a device called a skimmer to a credit card machine, prosecutors say. The man was allegedly part of a California-based criminal crew led by a fellow Romanian nicknamed Piranha.
> The gang’s aim, according to criminal charges, was to steal food-stamp benefits from customers who swiped their government-issued debit cards at the convenience store
The amount of sophistication that these international crime rings have. And that fact that our Government seems to be very sloppy with taxpayer money and prosecuting foreigners commiting crime on our soil.
Unitary executive theory has diverted justice resources towards more pressing matters like seashell arrangements on beaches.
This is the crux of the issue. It's really unfortunate how botched the rollout of chip and contactless payments in the US has been, magstripes should have been completely eliminated a decade ago.