Romanian Alexandru Vasile Badaric and his partner landed in Australia aiming to steal card details from ATMs. But US authorities had tipped off local police.
Romanian couple Alexandru Vasile Badaric and Izabela Vintala landed in Australia with the goal of extending a criminal syndicate that had been busted by authorities in the United States.
The couple travelled from Sydney to pick up each of the packages and returned to embark on their card-shimming spree. Between May and August, nine bank accounts in the name of Badaric or his fake identity were used to transfer money, with $22,495 in credit transactions and $22,164 in debit transactions recorded.
In the rental car, police found about $13,000 in cash as well as several fraudulent driver’s licences, passports, credit cards, shimming devices and card readers. He was jailed for four years and two months with a non-parole period of two years and six months. He will be eligible for parole on February 3, 2026.
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