PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge that he and others conspired to steal money from area ATMs.

Leandro Bordones Villegas, 26, pleaded in U.S. District Court in Peoria to bank larceny and conspiracy to commit bank larceny. He faces up to five years in prison on each count when sentenced Oct. 9 by U.S. District Judge Jonathan Hawley.

He and another man — Marol Aguiar Rodriguez, 20 — were arrested in February and later indicted by a federal grand jury. Rodriguez pleaded guilty last month to the same charges and will be sentenced in September.

According to their indictment, the duo and others engaged in a “jackpotting” scheme which is where they intended to introduce malware into the ATMs to get the machines to give them money without linking the withdrawal to an account.

On Feb. 19 and Feb. 20, they accessed machines in Avon and in Abington, netting at least $20,000 in total.

Both men have been in the custody of the U.S. marshals since their arrest and will remain in custody pending their sentencing.

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