Five Venezuelans Plead Guilty to Attempted ATM Malware Jackpotting Attacks
Brief
Five Venezuelan nationals have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank larceny after an FBI investigation uncovered their attempt to “jackpot” ATMs in Kansas using malware designed to force cash dispensers to empty their vaults.
According to the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas, Luis Alberto Velasquez-Artigas (27), Royder Adrian Figuera-Perez (29), Javier Mejia Jr. (27), Gabriel Alexjandro Corales-Garcia (33), and Italo Lizandro Corrales-Carrillo (26) traveled from Indiana to Kansas in December 2025 to target ATMs in Wamego and Manhattan.
Court documents describe a two-stage operation: one conspirator would physically install malware on the targeted ATM , and the group would later transmit a remote command instructing the machine to dispense cash for collection.
Five Venezuelans Plead Guilty
The scheme faltered at both locations.