SEATTLE - Federal prosecutors say a Renton man was behind a fraud ring that sold iPods and computers bought with credit cards stolen from gym locker rooms in Washington state and Oregon.

Gabriel K. Jang was to make his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Thursday. Investigators allege he has taken in more than $3 million since 2004 by making sales on the Internet auction site eBay.

According to a federal complaint, Jang had associates who would steal credit cards from gym locker rooms in the Puget Sound region and in Beaverton and Tualatin, Ore.

The credit cards were used to make fake IDs that they would then use, with the credit cards, to buy items at retail stores, then turn them over to Jang. Items sold included laptop computers, Apple iPods, TVs, digital cameras and other high-end electronic goods.

According to federal prosecutors, the fraud continued for nearly five years, from January 2004 until this month.

Jang and one of his associates, Billy M. Britt, were charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

The Secret Service assisted in the investigation, according to court papers filed in the case.