Four men allegedly stole over $529,000 in elaborate ATM heists in Connecticut

A group of four robbers netted more than $500,000 in an elaborate “ jackpotting ” scheme targeting ATMs at rest stops along Interstate 95 in Connecticut, federal prosecutors in the state have alleged. The men targeted at least nine cash machines during a 10-day spree in August, according to a press release on Monday by the US attorney’s office, which charged the four with a range of federal offenses. Prosecutors say the group used “specialized hardware and malware” to corrupt the machines and force them to dispense an almost unlimited amount of cash. In just one raid, at a northbound rest stop on the I-95 in Fairfield, the gang scooped up $136,000, they said. Their overall haul reached $529,220 from eight ATMs between 8 and 18 August 2025, court documents state. A software patch installed to try to prevent such robberies thwarted the alleged robbers at another machine in Ansonia on the first day of the spree. Two of the men live in New York, one is from North Carolina and the fourth is a resident of Massachusetts. All four are citizens of Venezuela, said the attorney’s office, which named them as Euclides Moreno Itanare, 28; Willian Ricardo Flores, 49; Alberto Jose Freites Arvilla, 41; and Luis Jose Freites Arvilla, 38. “For each of the thefts, the pattern of behavior was similar,” the press release said. …