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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Almost a twelve person been arrested aft a drawstring of ATM robberies crossed the West Coast, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
According to the DOJ, the radical of 11 utilized operation unit disguises, blowtorches, and cellphone jammers to interruption into the ATMS passim California, Oregon, and Washington, including successful Fresno, Merced, and Clovis.
The DOJ says the unit rented short-term abrogation properties adjacent their intended targets and utilized cars rented connected the achromatic marketplace to debar detection.
Officials accidental much than 29 banks and recognition unions were targeted betwixt May and October, and much than $4 cardinal successful currency was stolen.
According to the DOJ, investigators tracked the unit to respective short-term rental properties successful Oregon and Washington. After executing hunt warrants, the FBI recovered hundreds of pounds of robbery tools, disguises, fake recognition documents, and much than $100,000 successful cash.
The DOJ says 8 were arrested successful Washington, including:
- Pablo Valdez Rodriguez, 36, a Chilean national
- Rosa Bastias Serra, 42, of Chile
- Camilo Sepulveda Guzman, 31, of Peru
- Bassil Dacosta Frias, 34, of Venezuela
- Camilo Alarcon Alarcon, 23, of Chile
- Michelle Parada Munoz, 21, of Chile
- Alvaro Lagos Mieres, 44, of Chile
- Humberto Jimenez Moreno, 45, of Chile
A hunt warrant astatine a residence successful the greater Los Angeles country led to 3 further arrests, including:
- Alex Moyano Morales, 24, of Chile
- Maite Celis Silva, 26, of Chile
- Erik Osorio Olivarez, 20, of Chile
The DOJ says each were charged with conspiracy to perpetrate slope robbery; Moyano, Celis, Osorio, Valdez, Bastias, Sepulveda, Lagos, and Jimenez were besides charged with slope robbery. If convicted, the defendants look a maximum statutory punishment of 20 years successful situation for slope robbery and 5 years successful situation for conspiracy to perpetrate slope robbery.
