STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Now comes the payback.

A Staten Island man who, authorities said, bilked a northern Ohio World War II veteran of $376,000 in an investment scam has pleaded guilty to fraud-related charges.

Brian K. Decker, 41, duped the victim, who served in the Navy, into giving him the cash between January 2016 and March 2017, said authorities.

Decker promised the senior citizen returns of between 12% and 20% on purported investments in construction projects, said the Ohio Department of Commerce in a statement.

However, the defendant pocketed the money instead of investing it, officials said.

Decker was indicted in August 2018 based on a joint probe by the Commerce Departments Division of Securities and the Wood County sheriffs office, said authorities.

Decker pleaded guilty Monday in Wood County Court to two counts of unlawful securities practices, and one count each of theft from a protected class and of telecommunications fraud, said officials.

He also pleaded guilty to failure to appear, for not showing up for his jury trial in July 2019.

Decker is being held in the Wood County jail pending sentencing scheduled for March 30, authorities said.

His lawyers name was not immediately available.

Authorities did not provide Deckers street address.

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