Computer wiz jailed for stealing motorists' credit card details

A chip-and-pin fraudster who stole the credit card details of at least 35,000 motorists was jailed for four years yesterday.

Theogones De Montford, a software engineering student, used his technical expertise to mastermind a £725,000 scam which snared thousands of unwitting drivers using Shell and Texaco garages.

The 29-year-old installed custom-built circuit boards into the petrol stations chip-and-pin machines and intercepted innocent customers details on a laptop using a Bluetooth broadcast.