Detectives asked for the public’s help in identifying the man who stole more than $25,000 from different accounts by using a shimming device at an ATM in Pasadena last month.

A camera recorded the man testing the device on March 19 and 20 at a federal credit union ATM in the 1000 block of South Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, according to officials. Police didn’t say how many accounts were affected.

Pasadena police are looking for the man who installed a shimming device at an ATM last month and stole more than $25,000 from several accounts. He tested the device at the ATM on March 19 and 20, 2018. He installed the device later that week. (Courtesy photo Pasadena Police Department)

Pasadena police are looking for the man who installed a shimming device at an ATM last month and stole more than $25,000 from several accounts. He tested the device at the ATM on March 19 and 20, 2018. He installed the device later that week. (Courtesy photo Pasadena Police Department)

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Pasadena police are looking for the man who installed a shimming device at an ATM last month and stole more than $25,000 from several accounts. He tested the device at the ATM on March 19 and 20, 2018. He installed the device later that week. (Courtesy photo Pasadena Police Department)



Pasadena police said in a statement that the shimming device, which is inserted in the ATM card slot, reads the chip from the debit card and records the debit card number.

The same man returned the morning of March 24 and 25, put the shimming device in the card slot and attached a small camera concealed in a case beside the keypad to record the pin number, according to the statement.

He came back at night to remove the device and camera.

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Police described the suspect as a white man, between 30 and 40, with brown hair, a full beard, between 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds. He wore glasses or sunglasses.

Anyone with information about the case or the suspect is asked to call Pasadena police at 626-744-4241 or Detective Derrick Carter at 626-744-6416 or dcarter@cityofpasadena.net Anonymous tipsters can call Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or used the website lacrimestoppers.org..