Florida gentleman was counterfeiting forex whilst previously on federal probation

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 42-yr-old gentleman who was currently on federal supervised launch for counterfeiting in Jacksonville in 2015 just pleaded responsible to earning and passing far more faux payments.

Darius Jondi Edwards, of Tampa, who faces up to 20 many years in federal prison and payment of restitution to the victims he defrauded, now faces an supplemental two several years for violating the terms of his supervision. A sentencing day has not nonetheless been set.

In 2015, Edwards was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison, followed by 3 several years of supervised release.

According to court docket files, immediately after printing the counterfeit forex, Edwards and other folks passed the forex in the course of the Jacksonville place. Right after his launch from prison, and even though on federal supervised launch, Edwards was arrested by officers from the Pinellas Park Law enforcement Office even though in possession of counterfeit currency, partially done counterfeit forex and laptop media applied to manufacture counterfeit Federal Reserve notes.

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Additional investigation established that Edwards experienced procured the pc media made use of to manufacture the counterfeit notes in Duval County, transported the pc media to Pinellas County and started producing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes.

This situation was investigated by the Pinellas Park Law enforcement Office and the United States Top secret Service business in Jacksonville.