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.
Prison for International Credit Card Fraud Kingpin
Two Dublin residents who are believed to be members of a Romanian organized cybercrime gang were imprisoned in Ireland today for credit card fraud.
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Daniel Almajanu and Albert Gimy Linul were “considered to be members of a Romanian criminal gang that had made millions of dollars by running an extensive card-skimming operation in the UK.
Gang members stole victims credit card information by installing a “deep insert skimmer” on various HSBC ATM outlets. The skimmers read the details of each card as it was inserted and fed the stolen data back to the gang.
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Two members of a Romanian organised crime gang, which is involved in multi-million euro cyber crime in Europe and the US, have been jailed today for credit card fraud.
Daniel Almajanu, 35, made fake cards using a card reader/writer machine, while Albert Gimy Linul, 29, who was caught with him, was visiting shops in Dublin buying things with the fake cards.
The Garda National Economic Crime Bureau described the convictions as significant as Almajanu was a target for law enforcement in Europe and the US.
Over €30bn was lost worldwide last year through cyber-enabled fraud, €20m of that in Ireland.
Gardai have welcomed the jailing today of a major international fraud kingpin who could potentially have made up to €5 m 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.
They were caught after a special investigation by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB).
A senior source had told Independent.ie 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 €3,000 to €5,000 especially in USA where there is no chip and pin facility. Not all the cards would have worked and some would be accepted but there was the potential for this gang to make between €3m and €5m,” the source explained.