MOUNT VERNON, Va. — Fairfax County police have arrested a man after they discovered a credit card skimming operation involving ATMs and other payment devices inside stores across the Richmond Highway corridor.

The operation was initiated after two skimming devices were discovered in the area in early September.

During an operation launched on Sept. 11, detectives found seven skimming devices, six of which were what they described as, advanced models equipped with miniature camera systems fitted inside ATMs.

According to Fairfax County police, whose financial crime unit partnered with the Secret Service during the operation, the “sophisticated devices” were capable of obtaining victims’ credit card data and pins.

The devices were found at these locations:

Dollar Tree; 6711 Richmond Hwy

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