Another defendant has pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from ATMs by a process known as �skimming.�

Bogdan Rusu of Queens, New York, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

The 39-year-old faces up to 30 years in prison when he�s sentenced on July 1.

Rusu admitted installing equipment in ATMs in New Jersey to read customers� card numbers.

The numbers were used to create counterfeit cards to make illegal cash withdrawals.

Eleven other defendants have pleaded guilty.

Authorities say the scheme reaped more than $428,000.

(AP)