JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 2 -- The Mississippi Attorney General issued the following news release:
Today, Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Inspector General John Walk, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), announced the conclusion of a statewide operation to identify and report credit card skimmers used to steal personal information. During Operation Stronghold, which ran from July 31 through August 27, more than 421 businesses were inspected and nearly 2,150 point of sale terminals were examined. Three skimming devices were recovered during the operation. This brings the total number of skimmers recovered in 2025-26 to 56, and each is estimated to represent an estimated $1 million in potential fraud loss.
"Operation Stronghold is about stopp...