Are you sure it wasnt on CSI:NY?

also, here is a link that has some info

http://www.policemag.com/Forums/Gene...-rfid/297.aspx

There is such as thing called "skimming" but it involves a rfid chip in a credit card, not a mag stripe.....rfid cards CAN be read from a further distance...in fact, the gate opener in our neighborhood is an rfid card but it has a antenna so that it works from 50 feet.