Public Safety Alert, Downtown core, Wireless payment terminal thefts

Public Safety Alert, Downtown core, Wireless payment terminal thefts

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 8:17 AM
51 Division:  416-808-5100

The Toronto Police Service is issuing an alert to businesses who utilize wireless payment terminals during the course of their business in the downtown core.

Recent reports suggest an increase in wireless payment terminal thefts which are, in turn, used to facilitate fraud.

The Toronto Police Service is recommending that wireless payment terminals are securely stored away when not in use and that staff supervise the terminals when they are being utilized.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5100, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, online on our Facebook Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.

For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.

Constable Jenifferjit Sidhu, Corporate Communications, for Detective Constable Elliott Lee, 51 Division