CROWN POINT | The Lake County prosecutor's office is accusing a Dolton man with using a glitch in Majestic Star Casino's software to withdraw more than $20,000 from his already overdrawn bank account in 2007.

Lake Criminal Court records indicate Shawn King was charged Wednesday with felony theft for the alleged incident.

The 35-year-old is at least the fourth person charged with stealing from automated teller machines at the Gary casino.

Several hundred people tried to take advantage of the glitch that took place from May 26 to May 31, 2007, to get money out of bank accounts that were inactive, invalid or severely overdrawn, a probable cause affidavit filed in court alleges.

Clinton Evans, of Markham, Ill., was charged in June with pocketing $84,430 from Majestic Star Casino.

Two Illinois men were charged last October.

Daniel D. Martin, 45, of Evanston, Ill., faces two counts of felony theft, and Herman C. Simpson, 46, of Riverside, Ill., was charged with one count of attempted theft, Lake Criminal Court records state.

Indiana Gaming Commission agent John Westmoreland told The Times last year more than a dozen people are under investigation in the scam.

The ATMs, which dispense receipts instead of cash for larger financial transactions, would authorize any ATM/debit card placed into it for payment because the software was improperly installed, court records say.

The malfunction ended up costing the operator of the casinos' ATM authorizing system, Fidelity National Information Services/Certegy Inc., more than $2 million, records say.