As is the unfortunate norm in recent years, another instance of criminal activity struck the Detroit metropolitan-area last Saturday. According to ClickonDetroit.com, Dearborn police are asking for help looking for the perpetrator of an armed robbery that occurred at a pharmacy.

“Our number one priority is citizen safety. We will do everything in our power to ensure the perpetrator is identified and brought to justice. We are urging the public to assist us in identifying this dangerous individual,” said Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad.

According to police, the suspect burst into the pharmacy, which they left unnamed, and threatened employees with a gun. Police report that the man then proceeded to rob the place of merchandise and cash.

The one positive part of this story is that they were able to capture video footage of the suspect through cameras setup throughout the establishment, which they have released to the public. Although the video and still shots are a far cry from the quality you now see in high speed cameras, which can take pictures with shutter speeds as fast as 1/8000th of a second, they do offer a reasonably identifiable picture of the suspect.

The Dearborn police provided the following description of the suspect: black and in his twenties, with a slim physical build and tattoos down his right arm. He was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt rolled up, khaki cargo shorts, sunglasses, and a blue baseball hat at the time of the robbery.

Anyone with information about the suspect or incident in general is asked to call Dearborn police’s tip line at 313-943-3030, or Crime Stoppers at 800-SPEAKUP.

Credit card fraud using ATM scanners isn’t a new innovation, but it is a type of information theft that’s on the rise, and even professionals are victims.

Steve Manzuik, director of security research at Duo Security, said he’s familiar enough with ATM skimmers — devices that mimic an ATM’s card reader to swipe card data — to say he could probably make one, if he desired.

However, even the 42-year-old security researcher couldn’t escape becoming victim to one. Approximately $600 had been taken out of his account from an ATM in Los Angeles, while he sat at home in Las Vegas.

Manzuik called his bank and had the card cancelled, although it took about a week to have the money returned to him.

FICO reports that there has been a nearly 550% increase nationwide in the number of ATMs compromised by criminals in 2015 compared with 2014. According to FICO, ATM skimming is the most common way that fraudsters acquire card data.

“There are a wide variety of ATM skimming devices, but many involve a card reader that can be affixed on top of the genuine card slot to “skim” card details from the magnetic strip on the back of a card,” The Detroit News reports.

The increase in issuance of chipped cards will contribute to a decrease in ATM skimming fraud, but until then, it would seem that criminals are going to extreme lengths to wring a few more dollars out of skimming while they can.

Two Michigan men took skimming to the next level and created more than 40 false debit and credit cards from the information they obtained.

The men were pulled over by a police officer after running a stop sign but then arrested for fraud when the officer found a drawstring bag full of debit and credit cards in the car, Trib reports.

Many people are under the assumption that retail websites are mostly to blame for identity theft and credit card fraud, but in reality, only 12% of all fraud cases list a website as the initial point of contact.

ATM skimming is a dangerous problem for credit card holders, and until cards abandon the traditional magnetic strip, they will be vulnerable to this kind of attack.