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Skimming Device Found Attached to ATM at Queens Bank, Police Say

January 4, 2017 12:23pm | Updated January 4, 2017 12:23pm
Police are looking for a man who they said placed a skimming device on an ATM outside of a Queens bank, authorities said.
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QUEENS — Police are looking for a man who they said recently placed a skimming device and camera on an ATM outside of a Queens bank, authorities said.

Police have released a surveillance image of the suspect installing the device on an ATM at a Queens County Savings Bank at 75-44 Queens Blvd., police said.

The device, which police said was placed on Saturday, Dec. 17, around 3:30 p.m., was found by a bank employee two days later.

As of Wednesday, there were no incidents of fraudulent banking activity linked to the device, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). 

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