Store worker gets prison term for credit-card fraud

A former Camden County appliance store worker was sentenced to more than three years in prison yesterday for stealing 100 customer credit-card numbers, which he used to steal for himself, authorities said.

Jason Hughes, 23, of Gloucester Township, pleaded guilty in July to bank fraud charges. In addition to his 39-month prison sentence, Hughes will be required to pay $38,520 restitution to Commerce Bank, said Greg Reinert, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Hughes worked for Lakes Appliance in Gibbsboro when he downloaded the credit-card numbers from the company's computer, Reinert said.- Sam Wood