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Former ATM company employee charged in tampering scam

March 8, 2004

NEW YORK - A Bronx man stole almost $17,000 by rigging ATMs to spit out four times the amount they registered, according to a report in the New York Post.

From Nov. 11, 2003 to Feb. 5, Yousuf Casim, a former employee of ATM Corp., allegedly used the company's "master code" to tamper with its machines in stores in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.

He made the machines "think" they were giving out $5 bills when they were discharging 20s, cops said. Then he allegedly made 56 cash withdrawals of $100 from the rigged machines.

The machines deducted $5,600 from his account, but he walked away with $22,400, according to the Post.

It's unclear if any ATM customers unwittingly cashed in.

After company executives learned of the scam, they contacted the 84th Precinct in Fort Greene, where the corporation is based.

Casim was charged with computer tampering and grand larceny.