Deputies Arrest 2 Card Skimmer Suspects In Rowan County

ROWAN COUNTY, NC — Deputies have charged two men in connection to several financial fraud and card skimmer cases throughout the area.

Elio Arturo Rodriguez Mendez, of Miami, FL, and Jean Jesus Rodriguez Silva, of Lewisville, KY, were both arrested Thursday afternoon. The two men are charged with felony Possession of Financial Transaction Card Forgery Devices.

According to officials, two suspects were using a victim’s credit card information to make purchases at a Kannapolis Wal-Mart and the Ruscho on E. Innes Street on August 26 and 27. Officials say the same suspects were believed to have been seen making ATM withdraws with the victim’s card at the Country Cupboard on Statesville Boulevard.

Investigators say the men were using credit card skimmers at local gas pumps to obtain their information.

Mendez and Silva are being held under a $1 million secured bond. Deputies say additional charges are expected.

Anyone with additional information should call Crime Stoppers at 866-639-5245.