14 DAY TRIAL // Florida police have released a video of some crooks installing a skimming device on top of a card terminal and are requesting the public's help in identifying the two crooks.
What's particularly strange about this video is that it took one of the crooks less than 2-3 seconds to install the card skimming device on top of the terminal, even having time to spare before the clerk's attention was returned to him.
According to Miami Beach police, the incident took place last week, Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at around 9:30 PM, at the gas station located at Chevron at 1453 Alton Road.
The two crooks entered the gas station store and approached the clerk to buy various items. As one crook was busy distracting the clerk by paying for items and requesting others from a nearby shelf, his partner pulled a skimming device shaped in the form of the card terminal and placed it on top of the device in a matter of seconds.
Once the deed was done, the two casually walked out of the store. The good news is that by the second day, the card skimming device moved slightly from its intended position and the clerk noticed it, calling the police afterward.
Within the few hours the skimming device was up, the crooks didn't get the chance to collect too much data from the gas station's customers. Taking into account that it took them only a few seconds to install it, the two might have hundreds or thousands of such devices from where to collect credit card details.
Anyone with information on the two seen below is urged to contact Miami Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.
