Authorities Launch NYC Crackdown on Credit-Card-Skim Rings Responsible for $18B in Stolen Money: ‘People Are Coming For You’

New York Post

Authorities cracking down on national organized-crime rings swiping $18 billion a year through ATM card-skimming have now turned their sights on aiding Big Apple victims.

The US Secret Service, which investigates financial crimes along with protecting the president, started the crackdown in California last year because of the staggering problem and has now expanded to team up with a new NYPD task force to try to thwart the criminals better here.

“It’s billions of dollars [stolen] annually across the nation, so that jumps off the page by any metric,” Secret Service spokesman James Byrne told The Post on Wednesday, as the New York City initiative was rolled out.

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