Police probe skimming devices at Gulf gas station

Identity theft detectives are investigating the use of two skimming devices found installed on gas pumps at a service station on the Long Island Expressway service road in Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County police said Tuesday morning.

Police said the incident at the Gulf gas station on Ronkonkoma Avenue and the north service road was reported at 8:17 a.m. — after being discovered by a worker servicing the machines.

Crime Scene Unit officers were sent to the scene and located the devices, which police said were installed “internally” on two pumps.

Skimming devices are used in cybercrimes, stealing credit card and other personal information from customers.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”