Incident

New York ATM cash-out heist

incident:new_york_atm_cash_out_heist Also: New York cell attack, second attack

The coordinated February 2013 operation in which eight cashers withdrew approximately $2.8 million from ATMs across Manhattan.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing INVOLVES ATM cashing Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES cloned payment card Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES card writer Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES prepaid debit cards Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES credit card processors Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES United States Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES Alberto Yusi Lajud-Pena Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES Elvis Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES Amir Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES Jose Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES Yael Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES Chung Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES Juan Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES Evan Explicit 173
outgoing INVOLVES global crime ring Attributed 173
outgoing ATTRIBUTED_TO Seagate Explicit 173

Claims

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES ATM cashing

The New York heist involved cashers repeatedly withdrawing money from ATMs.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 173 Details

“All at once these eight cashers from Yonkers walked up to ATMs at banks spread across the city”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 14731–14825

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES cloned payment card

The heist involved cloned cards made from stolen debit-card details.

Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 173 Details

“they can encode that onto a blank card”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 8780–8820

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES card writer

The crew used card-writing equipment while preparing the cards for the heist.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 173 Details

“they got some blank cards and a writer and started getting ready”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 10292–10356

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES prepaid debit cards

The prosecutor described the attackers' use of prepaid debit cards whose account limit had been raised dramatically.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Loretta Lynch EP 173 Details

“They look at prepaid debit cards because they’re not tied to an individual”

Loretta Lynch · offsets 35845–35919

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES credit card processors

Loretta Lynch said the operation required compromising or gaining control inside credit-card processors, and that the processor or bank might discover the withdrawals.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Loretta Lynch EP 173 Details

“It takes anywhere from two to eighteen months to execute the kind of control needed to really get inside these credit card processors”

Loretta Lynch · offsets 36221–36354

“before the credit card processor or the bank or someone else discovered what they were doing”

Loretta Lynch · offsets 37103–37195

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES United States

The heist targeted ATMs and banks in New York City, United States.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 173 Details

“they stole $2.8 million from banks all across New York”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 25910–25964

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES Alberto Yusi Lajud-Pena

Alberto was the organizer and leader of the eight-person New York cashing crew involved in the heist.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 173 Details

“Alberto had the plans”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 9997–10018

“Alberto gave the signal, and people started heading home”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 25564–25620

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES Elvis

Elvis joined Alberto's cashing crew and participated in the ATM operation.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 173 Details

“There was Alberto and Elvis and their friends, Amir, Jose, Yael, Chung, Juan, and Evan”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 9681–9767

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES Amir

Amir was one of the eight people in Alberto's crew involved in the ATM heist.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 173 Details

“There was Alberto and Elvis and their friends, Amir, Jose, Yael, Chung, Juan, and Evan”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 9681–9767

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES Jose

Jose was one of the crew members who carried out the ATM withdrawals.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 173 Details

“Jose was one of the guys in Alberto’s crew”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 22012–22054

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES Yael

Yael was one of the eight people in Alberto's crew involved in the ATM heist.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 173 Details

“There was Alberto and Elvis and their friends, Amir, Jose, Yael, Chung, Juan, and Evan”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 9681–9767

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES Chung

Chung was one of the eight people in Alberto's crew involved in the ATM heist.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 173 Details

“There was Alberto and Elvis and their friends, Amir, Jose, Yael, Chung, Juan, and Evan”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 9681–9767

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES Juan

Juan was one of the eight people in Alberto's crew involved in the ATM heist.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 173 Details

“There was Alberto and Elvis and their friends, Amir, Jose, Yael, Chung, Juan, and Evan”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 9681–9767

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES Evan

Evan was one of the eight people in Alberto's crew involved in the ATM heist.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 173 Details

“There was Alberto and Elvis and their friends, Amir, Jose, Yael, Chung, Juan, and Evan”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 9681–9767

New York ATM cash-out heist INVOLVES global crime ring

Authorities described the New York cell as part of a global crime ring.

Attributed Confidence 97% · John EP 173 Details

“authorities say they’re just the New York cell in a global crime ring”

John · offsets 34611–34680

New York ATM cash-out heist ATTRIBUTED_TO Seagate

Jack identifies Seagate as the mastermind behind the broader operation connected to the New York heist.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Loretta Lynch EP 173 Details

“the mastermind behind all this was a guy named Seagate”