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SCRANTON &#8212; A New York man state police at Hazleton said was in possession of five counterfeit $100 bills and 25 fraudulent credit cards was sentenced in federal court on Friday.U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Robert Cagle, 50, of Bronx, to four years in prison. Cagle pleaded guilty in April to possession of fraudulent credit cards and aggravated identity theft.State police at Hazleton said Cagle was a passenger in a vehicle that ran out of gasoline along Interstate 81 in Butler Township on April 1, 2014. Cagle was walking back to the vehicle with a container of gasoline when state police stopped to offer assistance, according to court records.Cagle and the driver, Rubin Jamel Gordon, 41, of Atlanta, Georgia, acted suspiciously, prompting troopers to ask if they could search the vehicle.State police allege Cagle was found with 25 fraudulent credit cards and five counterfeit $100 bills and Gordon allegedly had 16 fraudulent credit cards, court records say.Gordon was charged by federal prosecutors with access device fraud. A plea agreement has been filed by prosecutors but must be accepted by a judge.The discovery of the alleged fraudulent cards and counterfeit cash involved a search of an apartment in New York City where federal investigators recovered a computer and blank credit cards, according to court records.The U.S. Secret Service assisted in the investigation.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Ed Lewiselewis@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Ed Lewis at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TLEdLewis</shirttailMeta></div>

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