Romanian organised crime gang members jailed for making and using fake credit cards

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard one Dublin-based gang member made fake credit cards using information collected from an extensive skimming operation in the UK while second man used cards to buy cigarettes in Dublin newsagents and then sold them on

Both men were arrested when gardaí noticed them acting suspiciously in Temple Bar in February last year.

Two members of a Romanian organised crime gang who made dozens of fake credit cards and used them in Dublin shops in the wake of a “deep” skim of UK bank customers' details have been jailed.

Daniel Almajanu, 35, made fake cards using a card reader/writer machine, while Albert Gimy Linul, 29, visited various shops buying things with the fake cards, including cartons of cigarettes, which were then sold on.