APOLLO BEACH, Fla. (WWSB) - Sheriff’s deputies in manatee and Hillsborough counties have dismantled a sophisticated credit card fraud operation, authorities said Friday.
In June, detectives were notified that a counterfeit credit card had been used to purchase fuel at a Wawa in Tampa.
It was determined that the original card’s information had been stolen using a credit card skimming device.
As part of the investigation, detectives served a search warrant July 8 at a home on Flamingo Avenue in Apollo Beach.
Detectives say they found a counterfeit credit card manufacturing and fraud operation and seized 154 counterfeit credit cards, dozens of credit card skimming devices, multiple ledgers documenting the operation and numerous electronic devices used to make and use counterfeit credit cards.
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