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A second man has pleaded guilty in connection with an ATM skimming scheme on Martha’s Vineyard eight years ago.

Anatoli Mitrev, a 34-year-old Bulgarian national, pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to commit access device fraud, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office. Mitrev and another man from Bulgaria, Georgi Kanev, had been indicted in July 2018 in connection with the scheme to create counterfeit ATM cards and withdraw money from bank accounts of unsuspecting customers.

Mitrev was extradited to the United States in March 2021.

According to the U.S. attorney’s statement, Mitrev and Kanev installed skimmers and cameras on two ATMs at Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank over a period of approximately four weeks in July and August 2013.

The devices allowed the defendants to obtain magnetic strip information from ATM customers and their PIN numbers, according to the statement. The information was then used to create counterfeit ATM cards to withdraw funds from the compromised accounts.

Kanev pleaded guilty in March and was sentenced in May to 30 months in prison and one year of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay restitution of $199,624.

Mitrev is scheduled to be sentenced in October.