Treyger to MTA: Protect subway riders from Metrocard skimmers
After a skimming device was discovered in a MetroCard vending machine in the Columbus Circle subway station, Councilman Mark Treyger renewed his call to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to take steps to safeguard all of the machines to protect straphangers from identity theft.
Treyger had requested that the MTA inspect Metrocard vending machines in the wake of the discovery of skimming devices in ticket vending machines at several Long Island Rail Road stations last year.
The skimming device that was implanted the Columbus Circle vending machine could be used to steal a customer’s credit card or debit card information, police said.