(WHTM)– A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty to using fake checks and cash to purchase designer dogs and sell them for profit across central Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.

The AG’s office said Issa Jalloh, 26, of Darby, pleaded guilty on Thursday in Lancaster County to corrupt organization and criminal conspiracy to commit theft by unlawful taking.

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Jalloh, the leader of the organization, will serve 18 to 36 months in state prison, followed by three years of probation. He will also pay $366,445 in restitution.

Jalloh, along with five others from the Philadelphia area, conspired to purchase designer dogs with fraudulent cashier’s checks and counterfeit currency and sold them for profit from December 2020 to August 2022, according to the AG’s office.

The group would primarily fraudulently purchase French Bulldogs and Yorkshire Terriers from Lancaster County communities, per the AG’s office.

“This defendant led a calculated criminal scheme to rake in huge profits based on transactions that he knew involved fake cash and checks,” Attorney General Sunday said. “Thanks to the strong collaboration between my office, the Pennsylvania State Police, and other local law enforcement agencies, investigators were able to piece together the full scope of this illegal operation.”

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