 The Secret Service says they've traced these devices to an organized crime ring led by people from Eastern Europe. Here's Brian Lambert, the assistant director of investigations. If a state loads their benefits at 8 a.m. on the first of the month, our criminal groups are at the ATMs at 8 a.m. on the first of the month with a series of cards, busting them out or getting the cash out of them before the victim can even wake up and try to use it.