Word: atm
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Location is a major factor in the amount of money a panhandler earns. Areas where people are bound to have money--such as ATM machines and supermarkets--are good places to solicit donations...
According to Frank T. Pasquerello of the Cambridge Police Department, the "ATM Bandit" approached students on the street, showed them a firearm and forced them to withdraw cash...
...accused of being the "ATM Bandit" of Cambridge faces a bail hearing in the city's district court this morning...
Willie J. Dorch, a 22-year-old Boston man, was arraigned Wednesday in connection with six incidents of theft at ATM machines in Cambridge between October 2 and October...
Automated teller machines have been particularly lucrative. ATMS were once touted as free high-tech conveniences, but a joint study by the Consumer Federation and uspirg found that customers now pay 95 cents on average each time they use a local ATM system and $1.10 for each use of a national network. And because ATMS require neither salaries nor benefits, most of those fees flow straight to the bottom line; another Consumer Federation survey estimated that banks typically reap 78 cents in profit for every $1 they charge to use the machines. Some go so far as to levy...