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A crime gang that sparked a nationwide hunt pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court today to a series of robberies at ATM cash machines.

Felix Dumitru 18, Florin Geblescu 18, Felix Stoica 19, all currently in prison admitted robbery and assault charges occurring on April 21 and 22, at various locations throughout Scotland.

Procurator fiscal depute John Bedford told the court that at 3pm on April 21 of this year, a woman went to the HSBC ATM on Buchanan Street, Glasgow, after leaving House of Fraser on Argyle Street.

After she entered her pin number Geblescu pushed her away saying ‘machine no working, machine no working.’

She tried to push him away, but Stoika appeared and stopped her from getting to the machine.

She called for help from people passing by and despite someone helping her; the pair had managed to take £200 from her account.

The second offence happened at the Lloyds TSB on Princess Street, Port Glasgow, also on April 21.

An 84-year-old woman was carrying out a transaction when she noticed a man close to her at the machine. After she entered her pin number he said to her ‘I’m here to fix this’ and started pressing the buttons.

The lady noticed he was carrying a device, she believed to be a tablet.

When she left to go into the bank to report the incident she dropped two store cards that were picked up by Dumitru- who handed them back to her.

Staff told her the machine was working and that £200 had been lifted from her account.

The gang also targeted the ATM outside Morrisons on Kilwinning Road, Stevenson, on the same day.

A 51-year-old man, entered his pin to get a receipt only when Dumitru placed a map over the cash dispenser before Stoica withdrew £200 and made off.

And a 77-year-old woman, used the Santander ATM at The Avenue shopping centre, Newton Mearns, on April 22, 2016, when the gang pounced on her.

As she withdrew cash Stoica shouted ‘that’s my money’ before removing £300 from her account.

The last victim was a Norwegian 28-year-old musician, who had stopped at Biggar High Street to withdraw cash.

Stoica again said ‘its not working’ and pulled her away from the Bank of Scotland machine.

The victim shouted ‘what are you doing this is robbery’ before Stoica took £200 from her account.

Police Scotland sent a still image of the suspects UK wide after they realised the similarity of all offences. While Stoica and Dumitru robbed the victims, Geblescu acted as a lookout for the gang.

Police in Manchester and Liverpool identified the accused as having committed similar crimes in England.

All three appeared in court from custody having been sentenced in August 16, at Wirral Magistrates Court.

The three defence lawyers all stated that when they are released from prison they plan to go back to Romania where they were all born.

The will appear for sentencing on December 13.