Authorities Wednesday urged bank customers to be extra vigilant when using outdoor ATMs after foreign nationals were arrested for running a distraction theft operation to steal victims’ ATM cards and PIN codes.
Three Romanian nationals were arrested last month as investigators tracked them down for a scheme from November 2025, the Orange County Sheriffs Department said.
The suspects worked as a team and followed a potential victim to the ATM on Santiago Boulevard in the city of Villa Park, according to investigators…