Two men charged in federal court with planting credit card skimmers at gas stations used an iPhone to plan the crime.
The Hummer-driving, iPhone toting pair hit eight gas stations in central Utah before an attendant noticed the devices. He provided security cam footage of Robert Fichidzhyan, 27, and Levon Karamyan, 55, both of California, installing skimmers.
They were busted after police searched their car, a damaged white Hummer H2, and found keys to open the skimming devices and an iPhone with a map of Richfield with gas stations marked on it. Reports didn’t mention whether it was a map or a gas-station finder app.
The two were booked into the Sevier County jail in Utah on $250,000 bail on 16 felony counts related to the alleged attempted ATM card skimming. Police believe they may be part of a larger skimming ring involved with similar crimes in California and Nevada.
iPhones are more and more frequently used by police as crime tools, but instances of iPhones providing incriminating evidence are less frequent.
Nicole Martinelli is a San Francisco freelance writer who heads up Cult of Mac Magazine, our weekly publication available on iTunes. You can find her on Twitter and Google+. If you’re doing something new, cool and Apple-related, email her.
