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A 37-year-old Bulgarian national has been jailed for two years by a Supreme Court judge for conspiracy to commit theft by rigging cash dispensers in the island.<\/p>

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Danail Damov was also sentenced to six months for damaging an ATM in the community of Collector\u2019s Hill and four months for damaging another at Paget Plaza.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Alan Richards said Damov came to Bermuda as a visitor from Bulgaria to carry out a \u201csophisticated criminal enterprise\u201d that required \u201cunderstanding and determination\u201d.<\/p>

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Richards said the crimes spanned a \u201csignificant\u201d period of time and involved two separate visits to the island for the \u201cpurpose of fraud\u201d.<\/p>

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He added that \u201cacts of this nature appear sadly to be increasing\u201d and that society needed to be protected from like-minded individuals.<\/p>\n

The court heard that Damov arrived in September 2016 and was caught on closed-circuit television tampering with a Butterfield Bank ATM at Collector\u2019s Hill with another man.<\/p>

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Butterfield\u2019s head of electronic banking was alerted to fraudulent transactions on the accounts of three customers, who had used the ATM, in December 2016.<\/p>\n

Cash was later withdrawn in the Dominican Republic. The bank machine was inspected and two small drill holes were found in the card reader.<\/p>

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Damov returned to Bermuda on October 10, 2017 and a skimming device was found at the Paget Plaza ATM three days later.<\/p>

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The court was told it cost the bank US$535 to repair the ATMs and replace the test card. It cost another $US1,000 to replace customer\u2019s cards.<\/p>\n

Damov, represented by lawyer Richard Horseman, admitted the three offences, which took place between September 1, 2016, and October 21, 2017, in Supreme Court on April 13.<\/p>\n

Damov apologised to the court on Friday when he appeared for sentence and said he had made a \u201cbig mistake\u201d and was \u201cdeeply sorry\u201d.<\/p>\n

He added that he had spent the past six months in custody and that he would never \u201cdo this again\u201d.<\/p>\n

Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said there was obvious planning involved in the offences, which also required sophisticated equipment.<\/p>\n

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