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Wannabe debit-card scammer gets fine
A Toronto man has been spared a jail sentence for his botched plan to steal cash from unsuspecting Winnipeg bank customers.
Hristo Nedelchev Doychev, 36, pleaded guilty this week to several charges, including mischief and possession of an instrument for use in forging credit cards. He returned to court Friday and was given an 18-month conditional sentence which allows him to remain free in the community.
Doychev must also pay a $5,000 fine. The Crown was seeking two years behind bars.
Police arrested Doychev and a co-accused in 2006 thanks to a keen-eyed woman, court was told. The two accused, who are residents of Toronto, had rigged a Henderson Highway bank machine with a tiny camera to steal debit-card information. The woman then caught them attaching a portable card reader, also known as a "skimmer," to the ATM and a pinhole camera just above it. She called police and officers spotted the suspects sitting in a rental vehicle outside the bank.
The six-year-old case has dragged through the courts as Doychev switched lawyers and the co-accused, Georgi Ivanov Georgiev, 45, skipped bail and went missing. Georgiev has still not been located and a warrant remains for his arrest.
The Crown said Doychev should have gone to jail to send a message this type of crime will bring consequences and noted many of these types of scams aren't immediately detected and don't result in arrests. Defence lawyer Danny Gunn said Doychev has no prior criminal record, is married with two young children and has stayed out of trouble since his arrest. At the time of the incident, Doychev was desperate for cash and was recruited by Georgiev to participate in the fraud to make some quick, easy cash.
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Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition January 12, 2013 A7
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