A Plattsburgh man has admitted in U.S. District Court to fraud and identity theft.

Thomas J. Howe, 38, accepted a plea agreement that will give him between two and 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

Howe admitted that he and Jared R. Hudson, who was sentenced Jan. 10 to 79 months in prison, defrauded banks, businesses and individuals by buying information such as credit-card and bank-account numbers, expiration dates, security codes, answers to security questions and other personal information and using it to purchase goods online and transfer and try to transfer funds electronically.

The pair committed the crimes between October 2009 and December 2014.

Howe admitted to stealing $508,053 in that fashion.

Incarcerated on the charges since Jan. 18, he will be sentenced on July 25 before Senior United States District Judge Lawrence Kahn.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Plattsburgh City Police Department, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Collyer.

Hudson, 39, is serving his time consecutively to an 18-year sentence he is serving in Texas for possession/promotion of child pornography. He committed those crimes in Montgomery County, Texas, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website.

His projected release date on that conviction is June 19, 2022, with a maximum release date of Feb. 18, 2033. Hudson was incarcerated as of Thursday at Oklahoma City Federal Transfer Center, with the date of his release noted as “unknown,” according to the online Federal Inmate Locator.

A search of the locator for Howe revealed no results for where he is imprisoned.

The announcement of the plea agreement was made by U.S. Attorney Grant Jaquith; Vadim Thomas, special agent in charge of the Albany Field Office of the FBI; and City Police Lt. Levi Ritter.