Head of major credit card cloning ring arrested in Colombia

Colombia’s National Police today reported the capture of Jorge Maximiliano Pachón, alias “Pachoviola” considered a “czar” to clone credit cards and ATM debit cash dispensers in South America. The institution said in a statement that the subject was arrested in Bogota after “five months of research, and from the complaint filed by one of the largest financial institutions in Colombia.” Pachon said is considered “one of the most hardened criminals in the area of ​​electronic crime on the continent, particularly in cloning credit and debit cards via ATMs.” He said that the authorities identified eight thousand reports from users of the financial system, whose accounts were affected in an amount exceeding $ 7.5 million. Read Article