Alleged gas station defrauding scheme costs victims more than $200K

SALT LAKE CITY ( ABC4 ) — One more man has been sentenced in an intricate gas station defrauding scheme that cost victims more than $200,000, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Emmanuel Dejesus Nina-Perez, 31, of Salt Lake City, was sentenced Friday to 27 months in prison.

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Nina-Perez is reportedly the sixth and final person in a three-year conspiracy that defrauded gas station customers and their banks. Those involved secretly used Bluetooth-enabled skimming equipment to steal customers’ credit card information, the press release states.

Skimming equipment reportedly contains a Bluetooth card reader that records information such as the customers’ credit card number, name, and zip code associated with the card.

Those involved in the scheme installed skimming equipment onto the motherboard of the internal computer that controls gas pumps, the release states. After it was installed, the individuals involved would get within range of the skimming device to initiate a wireless Bluetooth connection at the gas pump.

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