Cost of Credit Card Theft
71 views · Published 20 February 2014 · 2:18 · Indexed 26 October 2026
Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2014 · News & Politics
A major crime ring is using technology to steal credit card numbers of local Bojangles customers. Along with the victims, it is often the financial institutions that end up paying the price. In October and November, Waynesville police say hundreds of customers had their cards hacked. It happened at Bojangles restaurants in Waynesville, Asheville, and Hendersonville. They say thieves used high tech malware to electronically lift their card information and eventually make cloned cards to steal money. Once the victim reports the loss, one local credit union says the money is refunded, and it's the credit union that pays the cost. Probably just in the last month, it's been over $5,000 that we have refunded to our members that have been affected by this, said Patty Idol, CEO of Waynesvilles Mountain Credit Union. We were getting probably 4-5 requests to put credit back into our members' accounts for fraudulent transactions. They've been affected but of course we refund everything to our members. So actually it's the credit union that looses. It really just comes off the bottom line. Bojangles says it took steps weeks ago to review and secure its systems and it wants customers to know it's now safe to use credit cards. By Rex HodgeFollow Rex on Twitter @RexHodgeWLOS _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
