A former Belleville resident who was brought back to the United States in February by U.S. marshals for his participation in an identity theft ring has pleaded guilty in Hudson County Superior Court.
Dayron Rendon, 32, pleaded guilty earlier this week to one count of conspiracy to commit wrongful impersonation, according to Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Leo Hernandez.
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“The state will recommend a five-year state prison term,” said Hernandez.
He added that Rendon will be sentenced on June 29 in Hudson County Superior Court before Judge Lisa Rose.
Rendon was arrested on Feb. 18 by federal authorities at Kennedy International Airport in New York after he was deported by authorities in Mexico. He had taken refuge in Mexico after it was discovered that he had been part of an identity theft ring that acquired stolen credit card numbers, and used them to rack up thousands of dollars worth of fraudulent purchases.
The credit card information had allegedly been stolen from more than 100 patrons in Newark and Jersey City by a restaurant waiter who had used an electronic “skimming” device. Several other individuals involved with the ring were arrested prior to Rendon’s capture. A search warrant was executed in Belleville in 2009 for Rendon’s arrest, but he eluded capture at that time and left town. His whereabouts between then and early 2012 were not known, although he was located shortly before his capture and extradition back to New Jersey.
