Restaurant owner helps bust credit-card hackers
When angry customers started phoning his restaurant, accusing his waitstaff of overcharging them, Corino Bonjrada feared that in an already…
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Alleged scam costs restaurant customers
It’s not just the time and effort he’s expended, the money lost and the hassle of it all that bothers…
Wrestling with a million dollar baby – skimming
The restaurant industry is rife with ways to lose profitability. Just when you think you have things buttoned up, a…
Four Romanians charged with multimillion-dollar hack of Subway, others
Four Romanian nationals have been arrested in connection with a multimillion-dollar scheme to remotely steal payment card data from the…
Hacker stole Seattleites’ credit card info for drug money
A Seattle grand jury has indicted a Maryland man accused of hacking into the credit card systems of several Seattle…
Hackers ‘dine’ on the house
Russian scam artists have created a smorgasbord of headaches for restaurants both locally and nationally, hacking into a popular supplier’s…
NYC waiters held over alleged $1 million credit card scam
More than two dozen current and former waiters and their associates from some of the city’s top steakhouses have been…
Waitress rips off customers with credit card skimmer
At least nine customers at the Port Richey Mugs N Jugs fell victim to a credit card skimming waitress, according…
Restaurant News Bites: Starbucks, Panera Bread, Chipotle
Scammers are targeting Ottawa, Canada eateries with a familiar scam. They are posing as fake health inspectors and threatening the…
Restaurants targeted by fake health officials
Several Ottawa restaurants have been targeted by scammers posing as health inspectors. In a typical fraud, the phoney official contacts…
Restaurant News Bites: Restaurant Scams, Menus, Social Media
An old restaurant scam is making the rounds among restaurants across the nation in a new format. Restaurants are receiving…
Restaurant Phone Scam Moves to Email (Update)
A restaurant phone scam that has been making its way around the country over the past couple of years is…
Fake health inspector picked the wrong time to call metro restaurant
Scammers capitalize on Packers’ Super Bowl parties, target restaurants
The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau is warning restaurants and catering companies to beware of scammers using the TTY relay system…
NY Professionals Skipping Out on Restaurant Bills
‘Adam” is a waiter’s nightmare. The 35-year-old accountant, who lives in Brooklyn and asked that his real name not be…
NYC con man takes restaurants to the cleaners
“A dirty con man with an appetite for fraud,” reports the New York Post, “is cleaning up at the expense…
Thief Orders 300 Meals To Scam Restaurant
When a Spartanburg County restaurant owner got an order for 300 meals, he was excited, but quickly learned it was…
State officials warn restaurants of phony health inspector scam
The N.C. Division of Environmental Health is warning restaurant owners to be careful of a scam targeting food service establishments.…
Restaurants keep an eye out for those who dine and dash
A group of pranksters picked the wrong restaurant. One of the waiters was a former track star. He also showed…
Fake food inspector attempts scam
A person posing as a food inspector unsuccessfully tried to get a Howard County restaurant operator release sensitive information over…