Jackpot for ATM crew
THEY call it “jackpotting.” A Queens man is accused of stealing nearly a quarter of a million dollars from ATMs by hacking them to dispense cash like a poker machine when it hits the jackpot.
Prosecutors said 33-yearold Eric Salazar Montano posed as a technician and manipulated ATMs at a grocery store and kiosk. They said he would return minutes later with accomplices who would take money without a card.
The thieves collected $154,000 from one ATM and $87,000 from the other.