The Brief
- Two people have been arrested, accused of scamming people at a Clearwater Wells Fargo ATM, according to police.
- Investigators say that the suspects jammed quarters into the ATM’s card slot, so customers could not insert their card.
- Clearwater police say they believe this has happened to other victims across Pinellas County and Florida.
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Clearwater police have arrested two suspects who they say were involved in a scheme to steal from multiple customers at a Wells Fargo ATM.
Officers responded to the Wells Fargo Bank off Sunset Point Rd. on Saturday and located Brandon Castillo, 25, and Andrew Jimenez, 20, after a short foot chase.
The backstory:
Investigators say that the suspects jammed quarters into the ATM’s card slot, so customers could not insert their card. They would then act like good Samaritans and try to show struggling customers how to use the tap function.…