Gas pumps in 2 states have been secretly stealing credit card information
Dec-17-2015

A few months after Mercer Island, Washington reported issues with credit card skimmers popping up at gas stations throughout the area, two more states are experiencing issues with the identity stealing devices.

Gas stations in Ohio and Florida are now warning customers that if they plan to pay with plastic, it's best they pay inside.

In just the past nine months, Florida authorities have found at least 165 skimmers at stations across the state, most of them in Southern Florida.

In Ohio, seven counties have been hit by this emerging form of identity theft, and officials are now saying that the Cuban crime rings they suspect to be responsible will not stay remain in one area for long.

"There seems to have been a pattern with a group of Cubans that have been hitting the Ohio area as well as Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky," explained Frank Applegate, an investigator with the Ohio Highway Patrol.

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