ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – The Ormond Beach Police Department is combating identity theft one swipe at a time. The police department launched Operation Counterswipe on Thursday and used their newest device, the “Skim Reaper.”“It simulates a debit or credit card, and you insert it, then it would read how many times it had been read,” said Detective Sgt.
Tom Larsen.The red light on the device alerts that the card was read twice, indicating there is a skimmer. The blue light means there isn’t one. [TRENDING: 250,000 chickens killed in fire | SpaceX launch to bring sonic booms | New stimulus could mean $600 direct payment]News 6 tagged along with Larsen and his team as they tested a gas pump and an ATM.