A man who defrauded more than $700,000 from customers in an internet scam run out of a Coupeville house pleaded guilty to theft and money laundering charges.

Roman Y. Ogourtsov, 37, ran a website that sold high-end television sets that never arrived.

He pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court April 23 to theft in the first degree with aggravating circumstances and four counts of money laundering.

Under the plea bargain, the state agrees not to recommend more than 30 months in prison at the sentencing hearing.

The prosecution will recommend that Ogourtsov pay $759,000 in restitution with initial payments of $500 a month.

Robert Simon, of Nevada, said he was one of the victims, though he is not one of the 17 people listed in court papers. In 2013, he ordered a large television set from a website that looked professional and had good deals.

When the TV didn’t arrive, Simon repeatedly contacted Ogourtsov and was told over and over again that it was on its way.

“He is smooth, I’ll tell you,” Simon said.

But Simon eventually realized it was never coming and contacted the FBI.

That same year, Lt. Mike Hawley of the Island County Sheriff’s Office started investigating after a man in California complained he was ripped off by Ogourtsov’s company.

Hawley found that Ogourtsov was the suspect in three fraud cases in Mukilteo involving high-end TVs.

Hawley contacted the state Attorney General’s Office and found there was a list with about 100 complaints against Ogourtsov and his websites.