Three local men plead guilty in counterfeit scam

  BATON ROUGE, LA -- Three Houston men have pleaded guilty in Baton Rouge federal court to charges related to their use of counterfeit credit and debit cards to buy $27,000 in gift cards from Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Dillard's and other stores.

Special Agent Sean H. Connor of the U.S. Secret Service says 35-year-old Chilita Wilson, 21-year-old Charles Fagbemi and 25-year-old Eric Russell used a laptop computer to manufacture counterfeit cards and encode them with stolen credit and debit numbers.

The Advocate reports the men were scheduled for trial Monday in the courtroom of Chief U.S. District Judge Ralph E. Tyson. But Assistant U.S. Attorney M. Patricia Jones reached plea agreements with the three defendants and their attorneys.

Tyson did not immediately schedule a sentencing hearing.

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