Plano ATM cash trap suspect arrested near Houston

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.

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