Arrest made at Valero Gas Station for installing skimmers in the gas pumps.
At 2:40 AM Sierra Madre Police Officers responded within a minute to an alarm call at the Valero Gas Station 4 N. Baldwin Ave. and quickly detained to suspects who were installing a skimming device to capture credit card numbers in the gas pumps. Edvard Martirosyan 27 and Aram Manasaryan 22,both residents of Glendale, were taken into custody without incident. There were other skimming devices, laptop computers, counterfeit credit cards, and other tools used to compromise the gas pumps inside the suspects’ vehicle. Police Chief Giannone is urging anyone that has used a credit or debit card from May 22nd to June 6th at the Valero Gas Station to monitor their bank statements for any unusual activity just to be on the safe side. “At this point in the investigation we cannot be 100% certain that some personal information was not captured”.
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Sierra Madre Police Department
242 West Sierra Madre Boulevard
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 626-355-1414
Sierra Madre Police Dept.
Investigative Division
626-355-1414
4 North Baldwin Avenue
Sierra Madre, CA 91024