HARRISBURG, Pa.— Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges against four New York men Thursday for using fake cash at stores in 16 Pennsylvania counties, including Berks, Bucks, Lancaster and Northampton, among others.
Fabian Coke, Fitzroy James, Christopher Nicholas and Gabriel Young are charged with felony counts of organized retail theft, conspiracy and other related offenses.
Officials say they are still working on taking the men into custody.
According to the AG’s news release, the men used counterfeit bills to buy goods and then returned the items to receive real money.
The men allegedly targeted stores, such as Kohl’s, Target, Home Depot and Lowe’s, officials say.
The suspects allegedly bought or attempted to buy more than $20,000 worth of merchandise with fake cash and profited at least $12,436 in returns.
“This out-of-state band of thieves knowingly passed fake bills with a plan to return items for real cash — that is organized retail theft, pure and simple,” Sunday said in a news release.
The other Pennsylvania counties where the crimes allegedly happened include Allegheny, Blair, Centre, Chester, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Lebanon, Monroe, Montgomery and York.
The group is suspected in similar crimes in several other states.
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