A cash-point fraudster, who filmed victims’ PIN numbers then snatched their cards after rigging the machines, has dodged prison with a suspended sentence.
Jobless HGV driver Klodian Gjetjol, 28, of Huron Road, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire used his mobile phone technology to film people typing in their secret four-digit number.
He pleaded guilty at City of London Magistrates’ Court to possessing a pinhole camera bar and an ATM trapping device at Barclays Bank, Gloucester Road, Kensington, (pictured) on October 5.
He also admitted stealing an AMRO bank card at the same location and stealing a Nationwide debit card at Barclays, Heath Hurst Road, Hampstead on the same day.
Prosecutor Miss Alexa Morgan told the court: “Once the victims’ card is inside the machine the ATM trapping device keeps the card and when the victim leaves to report it the criminal retrieves the card and withdraws funds.”
Police were observing Gjetjol – who tried to conceal his identity under a black cap – loiter near the Gloucester Road cash-point, returning to the ATM on several occasions.
“The victim’s card was trapped and the defendant was seen removing the camera bar, which he had fixed above the machine,” explained Miss Morgan.
“When police tried to apprehend Gjetjol there was a short struggle and he escaped, but was caught in nearby Cromwell Gardens and when searched the Nationwide card was found.”
The defendant had dropped the trapping device near the cash-point.
He was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years.
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