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Last updated: Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:54 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Pennsylvania radio host has pleaded guilty to victimizing the Federal Communications Commission, Bard College and others in a $4.3 million forged check scheme.

Bruce Bond pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree grand larceny, identity theft and possession of forgery devices. He’ll be sentenced Oct. 8 to two and one-third to seven years in prison.

The Allentown native sent bogus checks drawn on corporate accounts to work-at-home job seekers who had replied to Craigslist ads.

Prosecutors say recipients cashed the checks, kept 10 percent, and sent the rest to Bond’s accomplices in Europe and Nigeria. The overseas accomplices then sent Bond his cut.

The former host at WNNK radio in Harrisburg was arrested May 20 at his Wall Street apartment.