BOOM! The feds have dropped a heavy charge on Florida’s own Luis Angel Naranjo Rodriguez, better known as the Skimmer King of New England. According to the Department of Justice, this 29-year-old gas station bandit is accused of masterminding a high-tech skimming scheme that netted him thousands of customers’ card details.
The indictment spells out Rodriguez’s alleged crimes: eight counts of wire fraud, four of bank fraud, and four for aggravated identity theft. It gets worse—he faces charges for possessing 15 or more counterfeit access devices (aka stolen cards) and the equipment to make them. Since March 9, 2020, he’s been behind bars.
But Rodriguez wasn’t just a local gas station operator; he was a traveling thief who hit up stations from Lynnfield to Portland with his skimming gadgets. His phone, investigators say, was like a digital treasure trove, receiving almost 5,000 messages with stolen account numbers and even some victims’ names and PINs. The man was serious business!
On November 16, 2019, Rodriguez is alleged to have taken the cloned cards for a ride, withdrawing cash from Framingham ATMs using four of them. That’s when the feds finally got their hooks into this Florida fraudster.
The potential sentences? A lifetime of prison isn’t out of the question for some of these charges, and Rodriguez could be looking at millions in fines. This is a case that will send shockwaves through the New England gas station community.
Now, let’s hope justice is served and this Skimmer King gets what he deserves—time behind bars where he can’t skim any more victims.
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Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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