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June 1, 2007

3rd Stop and Shop defendant expected to plead guilty

PROVIDENCE -- A plea hearing is scheduled today for one of four men accused of scamming customers of Stop and Shop supermarkets.

Arutyun Shatarevyan has agreed to plead guilty and is expected this morning in federal court in Providence.

Two other defendants pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to charges of conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.

Four men were arrested in February in what authorities said was a plot to steal credit and debit card numbers from Stop and Shop customers.

Prosecutors say the men removed or tried to remove key pads from several supermarkets in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and then replaced them with alternate devices that would record the customers' data.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Jack Perry  at 7:03 AM | Permalink

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