Police Find Credit Card Stealing Device

Erdem Sarikus (left) and Mehmet Gun

Boone County Sheriff's Office

 

Boone County Sheriff's Office

 

(Boone County, Ky.) – Two Canadian men are accused of possessing a device to steal unsuspecting citizens’ credit card information.

 

Boone County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle driven by Erdem Sarikus on Interstate 71 in Verona for speeding on Monday afternoon. Mehmet Gun was a passenger in the car.

 

Deputy Jason Noel searched the rented vehicle. In the glove compartment Noel discovered two credit card readers, a “jumper cable” for downloading information, and double-sided tape for adhering the device to the front of an ATM.

 

Sarikus, 25, and Gun, 32, are each charged with Criminal possession of a forged instrument 1st degree. They are being held in the Boone County Detention Center.

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