Prolific ATM thief jailed after nationwide crime spree

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Nov, 17:03 · Archive

Bogdan Gasparov, 40, has been jailed for using cash-trapping devices to steal more than £16,000 from at least 180 ATMs across England and Wales.

Bogdan Gasparov, 40, has been jailed for a nationwide campaign targeting cash machines across England and Wales. Between May and October 2026, he used homemade cash-trapping devices to steal more than £16,000 from at least 180 ATMs. He targeted machines in Bury St Edmunds, Lowestoft and Sudbury in Suffolk; Great Yarmouth in Norfolk; Huntingdon and Peterborough in Cambridgeshire; and Harlow in Essex, as well as locations near Nottingham, Oxford, Somerset, Bristol, Derby, Gloucester, Lincoln and the West Midlands, plus parts of Scotland and Wales.

During a raid on his Hardie Road home in Dagenham, police found Gasparov hiding in a loft crawl space. His scheme involved posing as a legitimate customer, fitting the cash-trapping devices to ATMs, and then leaving the area.

Detective Sergeant Mike Simpson from ERSOU's Proactive Economic Crime Team said the offending was calculated rather than opportunistic. He noted that Gasparov had previously been convicted for similar crimes and deported from the UK, but returned illegally to resume the same criminal behaviour. 'He clearly believed he could stay one step ahead of investigators. He couldn't,' Simpson said.

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• Watch moment ATM thief found hiding in loft after nationwide crime spreeA prolific thief who targeted cash machines across England and Wales, including Cambridgeshire, has been jailed.Cambs Times · 13 Nov, 16:48
• Watch moment ATM thief found hiding in loft after nationwide crime spreeA prolific thief who targeted cash machines across England and Wales, including Cambridgeshire, has been jailed.Ely Standard · 13 Nov, 16:48

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