Three Men Indicted on Charges Related to Card Skimming

SMITH COUNTY — Three men have been indicted on charges arising from the use of credit card skimmers in the Tyler area. According to KETK, Yoslays Garcia-Torres (pictured), 34, Daykel Madruga-Cartaya, 24, and Nelson Lemus-Torres, 24, were indicted for engaging in organized criminal activity by a Smith County Grand Jury November 9. Madruga-Cartaya also was indicted on a charge of fraudulent use or possession of identifying information. All three are in the Smith County Jail, with bonds for Garcia-Torres and Lemus-Torres at $1.5 million each and for Madruga-Cartaya at $2.5 million.

The three were arrested as part of a Tyler police investigation into credit card skimmers found at various gas stations. When officers arrested Garcia-Torres, they found numerous gift cards that were determined to be purchased with stolen cloned credit card information, believed to be obtained by gas pump skimming.