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Subscribe to RSSA man accused of stuffing two ATMs in Manhattan with counterfeit cash was arrested Monday afternoon, authorities said.
Gene Carlo Pena, 26, was taken into custody at Kennedy Airport around 4 p.m. after voluntarily returning to New York from the Dominican Republic, the FBI said. He worked for a company that serviced the ATMs.
He faces several charges, including embezzlement and other charges related to counterfeit currency. It's not clear if he has an attorney.
The amateurish fake bills were put in ATMs at two Chase bank branches to replace cash that had been stolen. The bank was short a total of $11,000.
The counterfeit bills were blank on one side and authorities believe they were meant to trick the ATM into believing it was carrying a full complement of cash.
However, the machines were able to distinguish most of the fake bills from real ones, a bank official said. The NYPD and Secret Service assisted in the investigation.
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PENDEJO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
.... I guess my Obama million dollar bill won't work huh ?
Hey MISCHIEF9,probably not, but i hear the Bush 100,00 dollar bills sure got threw pretty good.
Why was an illegal hired to fill our cash machines? Don't we have US Citizens that would like that job? Also the guy flees the country, gets away with it and then agrees to come back in order to go to jail. So our jails are better then freedom in the Dominican Republic? This will cost the tax payers $25,000 a yr for three meals, exercise, medicine......great story. Why didn't we leave him in the DR it would have been cheaper for all of us.
How did your come up to the conclusion that he is illegal?
WOW, talk about "world's dumbest crook". God knows the economy is bad, but its sad when a machine (ATM) is smarter than the crook trying to rob it.
Hey Jen Webb,dumbest isn't the word,but they(i say they because he is prabably just as stupid to have an accomplis for something like this) would have gotten caught anyway,because it would have gotten traced back to him with ease.He probably would have been better off having said he was robbed at gun point before he even got to the A.T.M. in the first place,with a little preperation.
Got some even worse news for all my peeps out here, if you have Federal Reserve notes in your pocket their all fake! barry and benny and the ink jets are in the basement of the Federal Reserve printing more and more and more. There not backed by anything except the full faith and credit of the US government. Which is 16 trillion in debt, and headed to Greek like status by 2020. I can see barry in 2013 having a trillion dollar bill like Zimbabwe has with his picture on the front with that shix eating grin he has on his face.Soon the only decision you will have to make concerning the dollar is do you head to the store to by TP with them. Or is it cheaper to wipe your ass with them.
Okay, one: they are printed by the US Treasury. two: they are backed by you, me, and every worker in the United States. For someone with Army in their name it's frightning how little you know of the government.
most likely one of obamas dream pschyos just doing his job
In the Dominican $11,000 will buy you a villa,help and live for 20 years.
I don't think so Ray-763981, Have you been to the DR lately?
Picture on one side. Reminds me of the time Beavis and Butthead photo copied quarters and tried to spend them.
if the money is worthless, it must have the illegal alien muslims picture on it... apparently the man didnt get enough of obummers free @!$%# ! ! ! !
You're SUCH a drama queen!
Are you cashing your socialist retirement checks, teabagger?
Better a "Drama" queen than just a simple "Queen". How goes it Allah-the Libbie???? Ready to watch your DAN get whooped again tonight?
They only come here for the jobs nobody else wants. Really? The U.S. with it's Liberal criminal laws for Foreigners is the cherry tree of the world, just ripe for the picking.
The foreigners come here for the jobs nobody else wants..
The most ignorant comment I have read thus far. LOL
are you sure he worked alone? or was this just another way for banks to screw their customers?
Hey boomer,the bank makes plenty of money stealing your money legally,they dont need to risk pocket money ( 11,ooo ) in conpiracy,and counterfiting.If he did have an accomplis,im sure the guy they caught will be singing Povarotti.And if there is,he deserves to get caught also for thinking this is a good robbery.
was he a illegal? will he be covered by the dream act? if he is both cannnot deport him! welcome to obamas world. all for a vote!
Hey carl6352,dont know if he was an illegel,but definatly know he was legelly stupid,like yourself.Maybe he's one of you relitives.
just another case of idiotism and machines that can tell a fake bill from a real one....
Bernanke & Geithner are doing the same thing except they print on both sides....
The treasury makes worthless money every day. The Oblah-blah crew issues worthless money every day. Other Countries refuse our worthless money every day. Just WHAT did this young man do that is soooo out of line? I'll tell you what he did, he brought to the surface just how stupid and Communistic the DAN in the white out-house is and just how stupid and dumb the FLEA's are. His fake money is worth MORE in paper content than the junk issued by the treasury. A neighbor just returned from So. Africa and their "Rand" is becoming more stable as OUR Dollar sinks to new lows. The shop owners in Capetown will NOT ACCEPT American currency.
Duh. An acquaintance of mine got caught with a stack of $10s in the basement only priinted on one side. He planned to print them on the other side but didn't get the chance. His first batch was okay but his second batch was what got him. When caught he said damn he didn't know they were making money in the basement.
Actually, $11,000 in the Dominican Republic is probably enough money to retire on, since most wages there are well below the poverty level.
Sounds like here.
Hey CFinTX,obviously it wasnt enough money to go somewhere with no extradition rights.He will have a little time now to get the schooling he needs to retire in the future.Oh an a $11000 wouldnt be enough to retire in the back jungles of Madagasgar,but might be safe from extradition.
The White House is stuffed with fake president so what is the big deal.
Hey nibor,love to hear people like you throw in politics,with any kind of story.Its to bad that our country is filled with fake people like yourself that thinks like that.Hope you were the accomplis.
I see the drooling trolls are out in force, politicizing every conceivable event, newsworthy or otherwise.
Whatever.
They should throw this morron in prison,not because he is a bad or evil person.But because to get some real knowledge in the basics of stealing bank money.Although the people in the money stealing world like to think the F.B.I. are stupid,including myself,i have to say they are pretty smart,because of all the stupid lessons they learned from many,many years for being stupid.They got it down to a science now.But even if the A.T.M. didnt catch it the people would have gotten cought with it trying to spend it and would have led back to that a.t.m..and basic crime busters 101 would have led back to that morron.I give him a F for effort.
Oh great, more third world hooligans doing what they do best,...STEALING FROM EVERYONE AS USUAL.
Lowlife thief. Send him back to the Domincan Republic after he does his time here.
11 Grand? His punishment will be the same as if it had been half a million. What a dork.
HAHA the stupid illegal thought he could trick an ATM. LOL Yes, illegal.
After all, it was illegal what he did eh? no?
Thought he was being slick and would board the plane with a stock pile of rice and beans worth $11,000 for his family back in the DR.