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# String Of Citywide Illegal ATM Withdrawal ‘Skimming’ Comes To Park Slope
- URL: https://bklyner.com/string-of-citywide-illegal-atm-withdrawal-skimming-comes-to-park-slope/
- Published: 2016-11-23T14:17:58.000Z
- Updated: 2016-11-23T14:17:58.000Z
- Author: Jonathan Gomez
- Tags: Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, Park Slope, ATM skimming, crime, grand larceny, #wp

![Courtesy of NYPD](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Untitled-2.png)

One suspect has been identified as 36-year-old Atanasiu Bogdan-Valentin. (Courtesy of NYPD)

Police are searching for two suspects who are involved in a string of unauthorized citywide ATM withdrawals that has hit Park Slope.

According to police between August 24 and November 1, two suspects used a skimming device in order to duplicate victim’s personal information. A device was found in an ATM machine at New York Methodist Hospital located at 506 6th Street in Park Slope.

New York Methodist was one of a list of hospitals that were targeted during the four-month span, which include:

- Memorial Sloan Kettering located at 1275 York Avenue in Manhattan.
- New York Presbyterian Hospital located at 525 East 68th Street in Manhattan.
- Jamaica Hospital Medical Center located at 8900 Van Wyck Expressway in Queens.

Police who have identified one of the two suspects as 36-year-old Atanasiu Bogdan-Valentin.

![Courtesy of NYPD](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Untitled...png)

The second suspect, who has not yet been identified. (Courtesy of NYPD)

![Suspect 2](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/suspect-2.jpg)

The second suspect. (Courtesy of NYPD)

The second suspect, who has not yet been identified, is described as an adult male with a mustache and was last seen wearing a green hat, green shirt, green jacket and dark framed glasses.

This is not the first incident involving an ATM skimming devices in Brooklyn. According to authorities in [July a suspect illegally withdrew a total of $13,674.67](/man-steals-more-than-13k-from-brooklyn-atms-police-say-fortgreene/) from several ATM’s in Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, and Bay Ridge.

It is unknown if these cases are related.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the [Crime Stoppers website](http://www.nypdcrimestoppers.com/?ref=bklyner.com) or by texting your tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577\. Police say all calls are confidential.