Jail for Romanian skimmer who stole £412k from Nationwide customers

A Romanian fraudster who cloned Nationwide bank cards in a £421,000 scam has been jailed for almost five years. Toader Berendean, 38, was part of a gang who spied on customers using ATMS between August and September 2025. Victims’ PINs were recorded on the fraudsters’ ATM cameras and used to replicate the cards, Inner London Crown Court heard. When the police searched his house, they found card readers, ATM cameras and tampering equipment in his home. They also found a…