Updated: 2:37 PM EDT April 6, 2021 HARTFORD, Conn. — Federal authorities sentenced a man who skimmed PIN codes at ATMs around the and stole nearly $300,000 from banks in the state as part of a nationwide scheme. George Dragusin, 65, also known as “Georgio Anderini” and “Einstein,” a citizen of Romania, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 33 months of imprisonment for his participation in an extensive ATM skimming scheme that defrauded banks from coast to coast. "According to court documents and statements in court today, between February and June 2017, a Connecticut bank experienced approximately 35 incidents of ATM skimming at locations in Stratford, Monroe, Trumbull, Greenwich, Fairfield and elsewhere in Connecticut," officials said. "As part of the scheme, conspiracy members placed skimming devices at the ATMs to capture account numbers and personal identification numbers (“PINs”) from customers who used their ATM cards at the ATMs while the devices were in place. Conspiracy members then used the captured information to make substitute ATM cards, and obtained money and made purchases using those cards. The bank suffered losses of approximately $286,069 during the scheme."