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Thief explains how she hacked ATMs in Bengaluru

Stefania alias Kate from Spain has confessed to police how she and her team would steal cash from ATMs in Bengaluru by inserting a Hi-Tech Prommed device.

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Published : Jan 29, 2021, 3:56 PM IST

Updated : Jan 29, 2021, 5:43 PM IST

Bengaluru (Karnataka): The Sampigehalli Police, arrested notorious ATM robber Stefania alias Kate on January 16th. The woman explained truth about the robbery of the ATM with the help of devices along with her team in other countries.

Stefania used to steal ATMs by Inserting a Hi-tech Programmed Device to the backside of the ATM Machine

Hailing from Colombia, Stefania arrived from Spain in Bengaluru with a student Visa and got involved in crime. The master mind of her team is monitoring operations from abroad, she confessed. Stefania is only a second or third level fieldworker, working under the guidelines of her team leaders.

The hi-Tech Programmed Device
The hi-Tech Programmed Device

Stefania used to steal ATMs by Inserting a Hi-tech Programmed Device to the backside of the ATM Machine. After connecting the programming device to the ATM, She used it to get the OTP which she, in turn, used to steal the money from the ATM. She gets the 20% of the commission from her leader for every robbery, police said.

The device used to rob ATMs
The device used to rob ATMs

This high-tech programmed device, the ATM's inbuilt program, was unstoppable. If we enter the sum of 1000 Rs in ATM we will get the entered amount only, But by inserting the Hi-tech programmed device it would add one more zero to the entered amount. For example, If we enter 1000, the device will add one more zero and provide 10000 rupees cash.

Stefani confessed that this was their modus operandi to steal cash from ATMs.

Read: Careless use of ATM facility could prove harmful

Bengaluru (Karnataka): The Sampigehalli Police, arrested notorious ATM robber Stefania alias Kate on January 16th. The woman explained truth about the robbery of the ATM with the help of devices along with her team in other countries.

Stefania used to steal ATMs by Inserting a Hi-tech Programmed Device to the backside of the ATM Machine

Hailing from Colombia, Stefania arrived from Spain in Bengaluru with a student Visa and got involved in crime. The master mind of her team is monitoring operations from abroad, she confessed. Stefania is only a second or third level fieldworker, working under the guidelines of her team leaders.

The hi-Tech Programmed Device
The hi-Tech Programmed Device

Stefania used to steal ATMs by Inserting a Hi-tech Programmed Device to the backside of the ATM Machine. After connecting the programming device to the ATM, She used it to get the OTP which she, in turn, used to steal the money from the ATM. She gets the 20% of the commission from her leader for every robbery, police said.

The device used to rob ATMs
The device used to rob ATMs

This high-tech programmed device, the ATM's inbuilt program, was unstoppable. If we enter the sum of 1000 Rs in ATM we will get the entered amount only, But by inserting the Hi-tech programmed device it would add one more zero to the entered amount. For example, If we enter 1000, the device will add one more zero and provide 10000 rupees cash.

Stefani confessed that this was their modus operandi to steal cash from ATMs.

Read: Careless use of ATM facility could prove harmful

Last Updated : Jan 29, 2021, 5:43 PM IST
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