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PRICE REDUCED!! 781-321-8841 $5,495 $11,900 Easy Financing Available! 1236 Eastern Ave • Malden EddiesAutotech.com We Pay Cash For Your Vehicle! skimming devices and pinhole cameras on Eastern Bank ATMs in Saugus, Stoneham, Medford and Everett, every day between February 25 and March 16, 2018, when he was arrested. The purpose of the skimming devices was to record bank account information on the magnetic strips of debit and credit cards that unwitting victims inserted into the ATMs. The purpose of the ASKS | from page 7 A: Yes, I hope so. Q: Of course, Kelly’s could move you around, but your preference is to stay right here? A: Right. I’ve done my tour [of the restaurants] I think, so hopefully, that happens. Q: And how many places in the Kelly’s organization have you been with? A: Revere, Saugus and Natick. Those are the places I’ve been in 39 years. It’s been a fun time. Q: Any upcoming plans for expansion? A: They’re always looking. It’s got to be the right place. Q: I mean, right here in Saugus? A: No. They wouldn’t do another one in Saugus, but maybe up on the North Shore someplace, but it’s got to be the right place. Q: Right here on Route 1, you have a lot of passing-through traffic. What would you say your customer base is? Do you have a profile on that? A: I can tell you that sometimes the drive-through is busier than the in-house. We pinhole cameras was to capture the victims’ PINs as they were entered on the ATM keypads. On March 8, 2018, Kawamura possessed a counterfeit debit card with a magnetic strip that contained the stolen bank account number of a Milton woman. At an ATM in Malden, Kawamura used the card and the victim’s PIN to withdraw $500 cash from the victim’s account. On March 16, 2018, Kawamura used a counterfeit credit card to buy clothing at a sporting goods store in Medford. The name on the card was an alias, and the card’s magnetic strip contained the stolen Eastern Bank account number of a Medford man whose account had been compromised the day before. Kawamura was arrested on March 16 after a bank customer called police to report that he had found a skimming device on a drive-up ATM at an Eastern Bank branch in Stoneham. Police responded and discovered that the pinhole camera was still attached to the ATM. They set up surveillance and waited for the suspect to return. Kawamura drove up to the ATM in a rental car shortly before 11 p.m. He appeared to look for the skimming device and then drove off. Stoneham police stopped the car and discould have a 60 to 40 ratio there. But the customer base is middle class, but we see everybody. Q: What would you say is the percentage of customers from Saugus? A: At least 25 percent, but they come from everywhere. We’re in a good spot here. There’s a lot of people from every different place. Q: So, from all over the North Shore? A: Yeah, absolutely. Q: Anything interesting that you would like to share that maybe folks don’t know about here in Saugus? A: Well, how clean the restaurant is. We have an overnight crew that comes in and does the entire place: The bathrooms, the back line; everything is just done. The Board of Health calls us “the hospital” – that’s how clean we are. We really take care of the place. It’s so important to have a clean restaurant. Q: Tell me something about the aquariums. You have two big aquariums. A: Our saltwater tank, the one that’s in the middle of the rescovered that the driver had a Brazilian passport in his real name and had rented the car under an alias. Kawamura was in possession of the counterfeit credit card that he had just used to buy clothing at a sporting goods store. The charging statute for using a counterfeit access device provides for a sentence of no greater than 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. The charge of possessing device-making equipment provides for a sentence of no greater than 15 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charging statute for aggravated identity theft provides for a mandatory sentence of two years in prison, to be served consecutive to any other sentence imposed, up to one year of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. United States Attorney Andrew Lelling and Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Field Office Joseph Bonavolonta made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Wichers of Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case. taurant, it’s about 1,200 gallons – all live coral and tropical fish – and the other one: the freshwater tank in the kids’ room. We’ve had both aquariums since the day we opened. Q: You said one of them is about the biggest one around? A: Yeah, the saltwater tank; I haven’t seen a bigger one than that. Q: So, what are your hours? A: Our daily schedule: We’re open 10 a.m. to 1 a.m., and from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., it’s the drivethrough. Right now, it’s only Friday and Saturday nights, because in the winter, we don’t do too much during the week. But during the summer, from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., that line to the drivethrough is out on the Fellsway (Lynn Fells Parkway), waiting for people to get in. It’s a limited menu. We don’t do any of the fried seafood. It’s just quick things: cheeseburgers, hotdogs, roast beefs and things like that, to get them in and out real quick. Q: So, you are open seven days a week. A: We’re open seven days a week. We’re only closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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