SAN ANTONIO – Christopher Allen Tondre, 22, and Timothy Ferguson, 33, were arrested in a credit card fraud case that stretches across Texas and all the way to California.
Tondre was charged with engaging in organized criminal activity and fraudulent use or possession of identifying information.
Ferguson was charged with tampering with a governmental record.
Police said the men were staying at the Hilton Palacio Del Rio on March 30 when hotel staff began to suspect the two men of using fake IDs and credit cards.
When police arrived, they found the men in possession of more than 100 pieces of identifying information belonging to ID theft victims. The men used the information to illegally purchase goods and services.
Police also found a credit card embosser and credit card reader inside their rooms.
Ferguson has been released from the Bexar County Jail. Tondre is still behind bars, being held on a $50,000 bond.