Aug. 23, 2014
A 34 year old man in southern France used 3D printed fake cashpoints facades and stole thousands of euros from bank users.
The thief, named Hamid P, used the 3D printer to make fake fronts for ATM machines which could clone the card details of other people. He was recently arrested with his girlfriend at his home in Marseille.
The case is dated back to September 2013 when Caisse d'Epargne discovered two false fronts on bank machines in the towns of Nimes and Saint-Ambroix.
Skimmers (credit card readers) which register card details were found behind the fake machine fronts. The machine would then dispense cash as normal, so nobody was aware that their bank details were stolen.
A local policeman told Le Parisien: 'The fake fronts were of a good quality and were different to those we normally see.'
Hamid P was on the run with €30,000 of stolen money before the bank discovered the fake fronts. The fact is, he had made a mistake by using his own card in one of the machines to test whether it worked.
Police then tracked him down, and when they found the 3D printer at his home he admitted to the scam. He has been charged with fraud.
Back in September 2011 an American gang was prosecuted for stealing more than $400,000 using the same 3D printed fake ATM fronts. And in 2013 Sydney police reported that a gang of suspected Romanian criminals used 3D printers and computer-aided design (CAD) to manufacture ATM skimming devices to steal Sydney residents' funds.
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