A U.S. citizen operating from the Philippines pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Texas to his role in a scheme that stole money and veterans' benefits from thousands of U.S. servicemembers, federal officials announced.

Robert Wayne Boling Jr., 45, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering before a federal judge in the Western District of Texas.

The backstory: According to court documents, Boling collaborated with co-conspirator Fredrick Brown, a former civilian medical records administrator for the U.S. Army in South Korea.