The Brief
- Ionut Aurel Iova was arrested recently near Houston on charges related to a Plano cash trapping case.
- He was also wanted for theft, fraud, and drug offenses in Maryland, Canada, and Hungary.
- The Romanian national is being held in a DHS facility in Conroe, Texas.
PLANO, Texas – A Romanian national who was wanted in a North Texas cash trapping case was arrested recently in the Houston area.
Plano Cash Trapping Investigation
The backstory:
Plano police began investigating in July after someone installed a cash trapping device on an ATM outside a bank on Preston Road.
Security cameras captured video of the suspect installing the device. Several victims then tried to use the machine but were unable to collect their money.…