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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A 31-year-old Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to taking part in a $1.8 million credit card scam at Foxwoods Resort Casino, federal prosecutors say.

Truong Truong of New Bedford, Mass., pleaded guilty yesterday before Senior United States District Judge Alan H. Nevas to one count of bank fraud. The charge is related to a scheme through which fraudulent automated payments from fictitious bank accounts were posted to credit card accounts.

According to court documents, Truong and Sung Huynh came up with a scheme to defraud Bank of America by causing bogus automated credits to be posted to Truong's credit card accounts.

Last year, Huynh pleaded guilty to one count of access device fraud and admitted that between February 2006 and February 2007, he and other persons working with him solicited credit card account information from Foxwoods patrons.

In exchange, patrons like Truong gave Huynh a portion of the amount fraudulently credited to the account.

Truong is scheduled to be sentenced on January 20. He faces up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.

-- The Associated Press

 Tags  Conn. Foxwoods Foxwoods Resort Casino Mass. New Bedford

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