ST. LOUIS - Five Romanian nationals, who federal prosecutors say came here solely with the purpose of skimming money from your atm transaction, are now going to prison.

“We got one tentacle of the octopus, but there are many, many other tentacles,” federal prosecutor Gwen Carroll said. “It’s an insidious little device because you can’t tell.”

Like an ATM skimmer St. Louis Police discovered in 2024

“I was surprised at how small it is,” Detective Andre Nikolov said at the time.

A picture of a compromised ATM showed it hidden, including where a camera was out of sight, so that criminals could watch someone enter their PIN.

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