HERKIMER - It's one of the largest credit card fraud cases Herkimer County authorities have handled.

It started with some suspicious behavior at the Wal-Mart in Herkimer, and ended with the arrest of two men, and possibly more. Jerry Prime and Quincy Thompson are facing more than 90 counts each of possession of a forged instrument.

Police say they are connected to a bigger credit card fraud ring that crosses state lines. But little did they know that when they crossed into Herkimer County - the jig would be up.

What started as a few debit cards in a car turned into almost 100 stolen identities.

"Originally, we found a few credit cards and the more we looked into it the bigger it got," said Captain Scott Scherer of the Herkimer Police Department.

Police say Jerry Prime and Quincy Thompson of Brooklyn used skimmers to place stolen information on blank debit and credit cards. They would buy Wal-Mart giftcards, and then police say the two would go shopping at the retail giant, spending thousands of dollars each time.

"And once they gather that information, they would take the merchandise and sell it online for 100% profit," said Herkimer County Investigator Robert Risi.

"These guys have the ability to make 30-40 thousand dollars in a weekend," Captain Scherer said.

It's a scheme Wal-Mart officials say has been going on for at least seven months, and could have gone on for a lot longer.

"If Wal-Mart wouldn't have called, when they were going through their store using different cards, we probably wouldn't have caught these people," Captain Scherer said.

Now the difficult part comes - the waiting game.

Herkimer investigators say they only have one credit card victim who has come forward. But they need to wait for the other 90 or so people to contact them before they can move ahead with this case.