ENGLEWOOD -- A convicted thief accused of rigging an automated teller machine to steal identities and personal identification numbers was flown to Newark on Thursday, where U.S. marshals handed him over to Englewood police.

"Isn't the motto of the Royal Canadian Mounties that they always get their man? I stole it from them. I always get my man," Detective Sgt. Timothy Torell joked.

"It was a long paperwork trail, and it was frustrating at times," Torell added. "It was gratifying when I was able to get the guy and make sure he has his day in court."

Tudorica and his cousin, Niculae Nastase, used the ATM at a Grand Street branch of what is now Bank of America -- then Fleet Bank -- to steal identities and PINs from more than 60 customers in December 2003, Torell said.

After drilling a hole into a panel overhanging the keypad, the thieves inserted a small video camera to capture people typing in their PINs while extracting cash. A transmitter sent the video images to a recorder hidden in the trashcan near the ATM, Torell said.

The thieves then entered the stolen identities onto blank debit cards and extracted $75,000 in cash from various ATMs in Manhattan and Queens on Dec. 23 and 24.

It was a labor-intensive scheme: The cameras and digital reader had to be removed every day so the batteries could be recharged. The work was done when the bank was closed at night or on weekends.

After learning that this type of crime is common in Canada, Torell sent surveillance images from the bank to Toronto police. Fraud investigators there immediately recognized Tudorica and his cousin.

Tudorica, 33, a Canadian citizen, has served time there for similar crimes and was known to be part a Romanian-Canadian "skimming" ring, Torell said. His cousin, who was not a citizen, has since been deported to Romania.

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