FBI tracks ATM robbery scheme targeting repair technicians

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The FBI is tracking bank robbery schemes involving suspects who jam ATMs and then ambush repair technicians who respond to service calls.

Video captured three suspects robbing a Bank of America ATM in Tempe in November 2024, getting away with nearly $300,000 in cash. Court documents show the scheme had been going on since July 2022.

The documents state suspects “surveil and follow ATM technicians to an ATM or cause a malfunction with the ATM causing the technicians to respond.”…

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