Scammers Skim Shopper Data

Tampered with Cash Register Credit Card Scanner 

The NYPD is searching for a man and a woman in conection with the installation of a credit card skimming device at a Bronx supermarket. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

June 15, 2024

BRONX - A couple is being sought by cops for allegedly installing a credit card skimmer at a Bronx supermarket.

The NYPD released surveillance video of the man and woman being sought in connection with the installation of a skimming device. The device would record an unknowing customer’s credit card information for identity theft.

At around 7 pm on June 7, a man and a woman entered the Fine Fair Supermarket at 167th Street. Law enforcement said the couple installed a skimming device on a credit card reader at the checkout stand.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.