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A Romanian national is the 14th of 16 suspects to face conspiracy charges in a 2013 ATM skimming operation that defrauded New Jersey banks of $5 million.

April 21, 2015

The wheels of justice are still grinding away in the aftermath of an ATM skimming scheme in New Jersey that netted its perpetrators $5 million before US. authorities busted up the operation in July 2013. Customer accounts at Citibank, TD Bank, Wells Fargo and other FIs customers were compromised in the attack.

According to a report by nj.com, Romanian national and alleged ring-leader Robert Mate (aka Marcel Varga) has been extradited to the U.S. from Spain, where he was arrested in 2014, and was to appear Monday, April 20, before the district court in New Jersey on six federal counts of related to bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and other crimes.

Of 15 other members indicted in the ATM card-skimming fraud, 12 have pleaded guilty and one was found guilty at trial. Two remain at large.