Chief United States District Court Judge Joy Flowers Conti imposed sentence on Joshua Kinney, 29, of Columbus, Ohio. In connection with the sentencing, the court was advised that it was a part of the conspiracy that Kinney and his co-conspirators obtained counterfeit Federal Reserve notes in the denomination of $100 dollars in Ohio and transported the counterfeit Federal Reserve notes into the Western District of Pennsylvania. It was further a part of the conspiracy that on numerous occasions Kinney and his co-conspirators passed, and attempted to pass, counterfeit $100 bills at various retail store locations in the Western District of Pennsylvania and received legitimate currency as change. Assistant United States Attorney Mary McKeen Houghton prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The United States Secret Service, the Scott Township Police Department, the North Fayette Police Department, and the Bethel Park Police Department conducted the investigation leading to the conviction in this case.
-- Western District of Pennsylvania