LOS ANGELES -- At one time, the City of Angels had more incidences of skimming at the pump than the entire nation combined, said a member of the Secret Service assigned to catch card-data thieves.
Through investigations and crackdowns, skimming in Los Angeles has decreased, said Steve Scarince, assistant to the special agent in charge, Los Angeles Field Office of the Washington, D.C.-based Secret Service. Florida is now the No. 1 state for skimmers, he told CSP Daily News.
Since skimming at the pump became a focus for his L.A.-based team in 2012, he’s tracked the evolution of the devices. Here’s what he’s discovered: