Alleged Venezuelan kingpin arrested in Nebraska ATM theft scheme
Officials said 120 people have been charged since 2021 in a scheme that caused about $15 million in losses to Nebraska banks.
- Federal investigators arrested Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre in Omaha for his role in an ATM jackpotting scheme targeting financial institutions for the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
- Since 2021, 120 people have been charged in Nebraska in connection with the scheme, which resulted in banks losing about $15 million.
- Aguirre allegedly developed software that forced ATMs to dispense cash without account access; federal authorities credited the FBI's Cyber Division for the capture.
- "We will arrest everyone we can who is responsible," FBI official Eugene Kowel stated, referencing criminal groups sending operatives to America to target financial institutions.
- Federal, state, and local law enforcement gathered in Omaha Friday to celebrate the capture of the Venezuelan national, who appeared on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list.
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By Mauricio Torres, CNN in Spanish U.S. Authorities Arrested Venezuelan Anibal Alexander Canelón Aguirre, an alleged leader of the criminal group Tren de Aragua who was among the 10 most wanted of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice released this Friday.
Beatrice Daily Sun
Alleged Tren de Aragua ATM 'jackpotting' ringleader captured, returned to Nebraska
Federal prosecutors allege that Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre was a key leader of a jackpotting scheme to defraud banks of millions of dollars stolen over time from American ATMs.
Hannibal Alexander Canelón Aguirre was the leader of a network linked to the Aragua Train that was targeted to carry out computer attacks against ATMs
Hannibal Alexander Canelón Aguirre, alias Prometheus, appeared before a federal court in Nebraska, where he pleaded not guilty.
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