A CHINGFORD man who admitted being part of gang which fitted a hi-tech skimming device to a cash machine has been jailed for more than three years.
Oxford Crown Court heard how Florin Solomon, 25, travelled from London to Oxford last June to fit a cloning device to a Natwest cash machine.
Solomon, of Westward Road, admitted conspiracy to defraud at an earlier hearing, but claimed he didn't realise the exact nature of what he was involved in.
Jonathan Stone, prosecuting, said two carloads of men travelled to Oxford and fitted the skimming device and a camera to the machine.
He said: "Mr Solomon was close by and he had a satchel. The bag was believed to have contained a camcorder with a bluetooth receiver to receive images from a pin-hole camera above the cash point.
"This device was left on the machine for about 45 minutes.
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"During the time the device was on the machine it copied details from 63 separate cards."
Mr Stone said police seized the device after a member of the public reported concerns. They later arrested Solomon as he from a car park.
Martin Henley, defending, said: "The role Mr Solomon played in this conspiracy was absolutely key.
"He says he was a gopher. He was assisting the driver. Their role in this was to transport some or all of the equipment."
Sentencing Solomon to 39 months in jail, Mr Recorder Harold Persaud said: "This was a well-planned operation. You traveled here to defraud the citizens of Oxford."
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