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SCRANTON — A New York man who state police at Hazleton alleged was in possession of five counterfeit $100 bills and 25 fraudulent credit cards has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Robert Cagle, 50, of Bronx, was charged by federal prosecutors with access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. A plea agreement was filed with the information on Friday.

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, 40, of Atlanta, Georgia, acted suspiciously prompting troopers to ask if they could search the vehicle.

State police alleged Cagle was found with 25 fraudulent credit cards and five counterfeit $100 bills and Gordon allegedly had 16 fraudulent credit cards, court records say.

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.

The U.S. Secret Service assisted in the investigation.

Cagle is scheduled to be arraigned and plead guilty in federal court, Scranton, on April 8.

Gordon is scheduled for a preliminary examination on similar charges before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito in Wilkes-Barre on April 1.