NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A Romanian man was convicted of card skimming in the New Orleans area and must pay over $11 million in restitution.
According to the Eastern District of Louisiana, Daniel Iulian Teutoc, also known as Simon Mikula, was sentenced on June 4 in connection with a nine-count indictment against him for conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, conspiracy to commit access device fraud and seven counts of possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices.
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Officials said Teutoc and others went to Walmart stores in various places, including Laplace, Slidell, Harvey, Boutte, Chalmette and New Orleans and captured card information at different points of sale where previously installed card skimming devices had been installed by others in the conspiracy. Teutoc and others used magnets to activate the card skimmers and send the card information electronically to Teutoc and others’ cell phones.
After gaining possession of the customer’s credit, debit and EBT card information, Teutoc and others sent the information to another co-conspirator with the intent to allow members of the conspiracy to make fraudulent charges with stolen card information…