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Updated: July 31, 1:32 p.m.
The three males charged in connection with the PIN pad fraud, remain in custody. They will make their next scheduled appearance in court on August 31, 2009. The two youth, and one adult named Nabil Dachi, have been charged with three fraud-related offences, two theft-related offences and one possession of stolen property offence.
Update: July 30, 2009 1:24 p.m.
The three males, who were arrested in connection with the PIN pad fraud at Boston’s Pizza, will be appearing in court in Kelowna this afternoon to face charges of theft, possession of stolen property and fraud. The 21-, 17- and 16-year -olds are residents of Quebec. They are not known to police locally.
Update: July 29, 2009, 4:31 p.m.
Members RCMP Major Crimes Unit have apprehended three males in connection with the Pin Pad Fraud at Boston Pizza. The investigation is continuing. No further details are available at this time. More will be released as they become available.
Update: July 29, 2009 7:51 a.m.
By Joe Fries
Staff at a Boston Pizza early Tuesday morning foiled an attempt to replace one of the restaurant’s debit machine PIN pads with a fraudulent one.
According to an RCMP press release, shortly after midnight, a group of young men in their early- to mid-20s entered the Boston Pizza at Harvey Avenue and Dilworth Drive and began talking with a staff member at the front counter. When the employee turned away, two of the men swiped the PIN pad and replaced it with a similar-looking unit.
After the men made a hasty exit, the staff member noticed the fraudulent PIN pad and phoned police. It was taken out of service before any customers used it, and was then turned over to police.
The men returned to Boston Pizza around 11:30 Tuesday morning, presumably to pick up their machine, and fled when confronted by staff.
Similar scams in the city and elsewhere have seen the fake pads used to collect personal banking information, which can then be used for fraudulent purposes.
Police are looking for three to five suspects, who were in a blue, four-door car, possibly a Mazda.
Cops say surveillance footage may be used to help identify the men, and advise retailers to be mindful of the locations of their PIN pads and not to leave patrons alone with the machines.
joe@kelowna.com
Tags: PIN pad fraud, RCMP
