Four Quebec men charged in alleged Vermont ATM fraud scheme
MONTREAL — Four Quebec men have been arrested and charged in an alleged fraud scheme involving ATMs in Vermont, authorities announced Wednesday.
The residents of Montreal and Laval were charged Tuesday with conspiracy to use access devices fraudulently resulting in the receipt of more than US$1,000 in cash.
Brandon Lo, 24, and 21-year-olds Mathieu Baaklini, Safwan Bensalma, and Nicolau Manfredi were arrested by U.S. homeland security agents at the Canada-U.S. border on Monday as they attempted to cross into Vermont, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a statement.
Authorities say the men travelled to Burlington between March and October this year to allegedly use ATM machines to obtain cash advances using information stolen from Canadian accounts.