A fraudster confessed to using fake credit cards in several states – particularly Connecticut – to take a lot of money from Lowe’s.

New York City resident Larell David, thirty, of Manhattan, pleaded guilty in Bridgeport this week to a scheme through that he defrauded the home improvement store out of more than $183,000.

Precisely, David was charged with a single matter of access device fraud.

U.S. Legal professional John Durham stated that between July 2017 and March 2018, David developed around hundred counterfeit credit cards of the name of “Kevin Douglas,” which ended up being encoded with reputable charge card numbers belonging to other people.

David then made use of the fraudulent credit cards to make more than 350 purchases of gift cards and merchandise at Lowe’s home improvement stores in Florida, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Connecticut .

Durham claimed a common fraudulent transaction involved the purchase of 1 or much more Lowe’s gift cards of the quantity of $400, and also retailer merchandise.

In total, Lowes suffered a loss of $183,576.05 through this scheme, which includes more than $21,000 in fraudulent transactions conducted at 15 Lowe’s locations in Connecticut before his arrest on Jan. sixteen last 12 months.

Federal authorities didn’t release the specific spots of the Lowe’s shops.

David is still released on a $100,000 bond. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. eight, when he is going to face up to 10 years in prison.