Romanian organised crime gang members jailed for making and using fake credit cards
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard one Dublin-based gang member made fake credit cards using information collected from an extensive skimming operation in the UK while second man used cards to buy cigarettes in Dublin newsagents and then sold them on
Both men were arrested when gardaí noticed them acting suspiciously in Temple Bar in February last year.
Wed, 03 Feb, 2021 - 21:34
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Two members of a Romanian organised crime gang who made dozens of fake credit cards and used them in Dublin shops in the wake of a “deep” skim of UK bank customers details have been jailed.
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Two members of Romanian crime gang jailed for making and using fake credit cards in Dublin shops
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard details an extensive skimming operation in the UK. By Isabel Hayes Wednesday 3 Feb 2021, 12:33 PM Feb 3rd 2021, 12:33 PM 23,173 Views 51 Comments
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TWO MEMBERS OF a Romanian organised crime gang who made dozens of fake credit cards and used them in Dublin shops in the wake of a “deep” skim of UK bank customers’ details have been jailed.
Daniel Almajanu (35) made fake cards using a card reader/writer machine while Albert Gimy Linul (29) visited various shops buying things with the fake cards, including cartons of cigarettes which were then sold on.
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Gardai have welcomed the jailing today of a major international fraud kingpin who could potentially have made up to €5 million from the cloning of stolen credit cards.
Daniel Almajanu (35) and his sidekick Albert Gimy Linul (29) were jailed for four years and four months and three years respectively at Dublin Circuit Court today.
The Romanian nationals were busted after a special investigation by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB).
A senior source had told Sunday World that a laptop which seized by fraud squad detectives as part of the investigation contained the details of up to 1000 credit cards.
“Each card has potential to make around €3000 to €5000 especially in USA where there is no chip and pin facility.
Two members of a Romanian organised crime gang jailed for making and using fake credit cards
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Two members of a Romanian organised crime gang who made dozens of fake credit cards and used them in Dublin shops in the wake of a “deep” skim of UK bank customers details have been jailed.
Daniel Almajanu (35) made fake cards using a card reader/writer machine while Albert Gimy Linul (29) visited various shops buying things with the fake cards, including cartons of cigarettes which were then sold on.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that during an extensive skimming operation in the UK a Romanian criminal gang based there used a “deep insert skimmer” to collect details of customers of the HSBC bank outlets.