One of three California men charged with stealing more than $150,000 using credit card information they "skimmed" from gasoline pumps on Oahu has pleaded no contest.

With the assistance of a Russian interpreter, Araik Davtyan, 46, pleaded no contest in state court Monday to conspiracy to commit third-degree identity theft. It is a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

As part of a plea deal with the state, Davtyan has agreed to accept a one-year probation sentence. Because he has been in state custody since his extradition to Hawaii in May 2011, the prosecutor agreed that Davtyan could be released from custody as soon as he completes his pre-sentence interview with the court. His bail was $500,000.

He had been charged with three Class A felonies, whose penalties include mandatory 20-year prison terms.

Davtyan does not have to return to Hawaii for his sentencing in February after the state agreed to allow him to participate in the sentencing hearing by videoconference.

An Oahu grand jury returned an indictment last year charging Davtyan and two other men, Akop Tadevosovich Changryan and Vardan Kagramany, with identity theft and credit card fraud for allegedly installing credit card skimming devices at four Aloha Island Mini Mart gas stations on Oahu in September 2010. They were accused of using the data to create counterfeit credit and debit cards.

Prosecutor Chris Van Marter said Davtyan appeared in surveillance video using counterfeit credit cards to withdraw $1,000 from ATMs in California.

Changryan and Kagramany are scheduled to stand trial in February.