The headline's tale is why I try not to ever use my credit card at fast-food restaurants. The dirty details after the jump!
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From Grand Rapids, Michigan:
A credit card scam that allegedly defrauded numerous people involved
two Taco Bell employees who used “skimming” devices to copy card
numbers, and two others who masterminded the fraud, detectives say.
The allegations against Roger Torres, 38, of Caledonia, and Onil
Rivas-Perez, 36, of Byron Center, are contained in a probable cause
affidavit that details multiple purchases. Many involved hundreds of
dollars at a time.
Torres and Rivas-Perez did not work for Taco Bell, but allegedly ran
the now-stopped scheme. According to Kent County sheriff's detectives,
Torres admitted to giving two credit card skimming devices — small
black boxes that allow someone to slide a card and store the card number
— to two Taco Bell employees, who have not been charged.
