Testimonies from the People whose Money was Stolen

In 2014, Florian Tudor’s gang used a false identity to set up a business and signed a contract to install and operate ATMs for Banco Multiva. Unbeknownst to the Mexican bank, these machines were secretly compromised with built-in skimmers. On TripAdvisor forums, Reddit threads, and Facebook groups, complaints mounted that foreign tourists were being fleeced by these ATMs. “I tried to get cash a couple times. It wouldn't go through and then all of a sudden, I started getting these alerts from Chase Bank,” one American tourist told OCCRP, adding that the gang had tried to rob him of more than $800 through multiple payments and cash withdrawals in a matter of minutes. Romanian prosecutors have also identified Romanian citizens who fell victim to the skimming while in Mexico.