4/20/17
by News Department on 04/20/17Skimmer devices found...
Two skimmer devices were found inside the pumps at a gas station in Schuylkill County.
The sophisticated devices were able to steal PIN numbers from debit cards without the appearance of the pump being tampered with.
St. Clair Police Chief William Dempsey said two skimmer devices were found inside pumps 2 and 8 at the Exxon Mobile on Route 61 in St. Clair. Police say they believe the criminals may have taken a master key to open the pump and get inside.
The criminals replaced the cable inside with one that had an information storage device on it.
Police are in the process of looking through surveillance, but they believe the criminals could have placed the skimmer devices months ago and had them lay dormant. However, they do have one suspicious vehicle on camera in the parking lot after hours.
St. Clair police are working on the case with the FBI.
