London 2012 Fuel Card Cloning

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The Olympics games are now in full swing, and we have to say it’s making Londonproud. We’ve been enjoying all the games, but things will be reviewed after the games to see where things didn’t quite work – this is just one of those clangers.

Fuel-Cards made especially for the BMW Olympic Fleet were stolen and cloned, reports have discovered. This was back in April and, as you’d expect, kept quite hushed until the problem had been dealt with.

How the perps got hold of the fuel-cards to clone them remains a mystery, but since the start of the games it is being reported that the cards have been retrieved and no further fraudulent use has been undertaken.

The big question rattling around many heads was ‘how did the fraudsters know the PIN to use the fuel cards?’ – cloned or not, each fuel-card has a PIN and this needs to be entered upon use. Yep, you guessed it, the four-digit security lock on the cards just happened to be 2012.

A London 2012 Spokesperson said:

“A very small (around 20) number of pre-Games fuel cards were fraudulently used in April. This was picked up immediately by a team that tracks the fuel card usage daily and the information was passed to the police.”

Fuel Card Examples

“The Games Time fuel cards have been active since the start of July and there have been no fraudulent use of these cards.”

We’re rooting for TeamGB to keep bringing in the medals, and for BMW to keep showcasing their fantastic vehicles.

If you're interesting in what the BMW Olympic Fleet consists on, click on the link for a full breakdown!