BATON ROUGE – Seven Venezuelan nationals were arrested for allegedly tampering with an ATM as part of a “jackpotting scheme” in Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Police Arrest documents say.
Officials said in Dec. 2025, they began investigating an organized criminal group linked to multiple ATM jackpotting attempts across the country. Jackpotting is where criminals hack ATMs and drain the cash.
The group is based out of Houston and has ties to criminal organizations in Venezuela, Mexico and Spain, arrest documents say. Officials said they were linked to six ATM attacks in the greater Houston area and one in Tennessee…