No One Attacks More ATMs Than These Criminals

Who’s the Romanian gang terrorizing Mexican tourist hot spots? Learn all about them in this video!

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Discovered
Romanian gang leader Florian Tudor, and his trusted associate Sorinel Constantin Marcu, feared their organization would be dismantled after journalist Brian Krebs wrote a three-part investigative series detailing their criminal operations on his blog.

Florian Tudor
The Riviera Maya gang, led by Florian Tudor, originated in Craiova, Romania, thousands of miles from the tourist hotspot of the Riviera Maya in Mexico. Around 1,000 members were a part of the sophisticated operation. They captured bank card data by installing skimmers on ATMs and hacking into well-known manufacturers' machines to install their custom-designed software.

Skimmers
The gang made money from ATM skimming, which involves stealing credit card information by putting a skimming device on an ATM. The device reads inserted credit and debit card's magnetic stripes, which enables criminals to put the card information on cloned credit and debit cards.

Multiva
According to the OCCRP, Multiva, a well-respected Mexican bank, began its business relationship with Top Life Servicios in 2014, an agreement that benefited both parties. Multiva wanted to branch out into the Riviera Maya area of the Yucatan Peninsula's Caribbean coast.

Dirty Laundry
The OCCRP reported that, from early 2014 until spring 2019, the criminal network was making $240 million annually and an estimated overall total of around $1.2 billion. In fact, the Riviera Maya gang controlled at least 10 percent of the $2 billion annual global market for skimmed cards.

US Laundering
Banks often freeze accounts when a card is used overseas without any notification. To stop this from slowing the gang down they needed to withdraw the money from ATMs located in the United States.

Compromised ATMs
A group of Eastern European men offered an ATM technician $6,000 to install Bluetooth skimming devices in the ATMs. The technician contacted Brian Krebs, a former Washington Post journalist specializing in internet security crimes.

Getting Noticed
Constantin Sorinel Marcu was one of Tudor's most trusted men and his former bodyguard, but their friendship was clouded by resentment. Tudor was jealous of Marcu's relationships with women, and Marcu felt he wasn't getting a high enough cut from the business.

Court Order
Romanian authorities issued a court order for Tudor's arrest on charges of attempted murder and leading a criminal network involved in human trafficking. Tudor was unwilling to go down without a fight, and a physical confrontation broke out when Mexican authorities arrested him.

Corruption
The operation went much further than just the bank's involvement. Jorge de la Pena Ruiz de Chavez, the leader of Mexico's Green Party, was removed from office after being accused of receiving money from the Romanian ATM skimming gang.

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