MORGAN CITY - Four Venezuelan gang members accused of tampering with and robbing multiple ATMs were arrested in Louisiana, authorities said. The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office received a tip about an ATM burglary in Amelia on September 10, followed by similar incidents in Morgan City and Berwick.

Law enforcement said the machines had been hit by a "jackpotting" scheme, where criminals hack ATMs and drain the cash.

Two days after the first ATM was hit, a Morgan City Police officer stopped a suspect vehicle and found a "large amount of cash and burglary tools," the department said.

Police said that seizure led law enforcement to Lafayette, where they found more stolen cash and arrested 25-year-old Aiverson Pinango-Paez and 31-year-old Abraham Hernandez-Monges. Morgan City PD said the

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