PITTSBURGH — A Nevada high school student and a Pennsylvania man who allegedly published a web-based guide on how to pass counterfeit money in casinos have been indicted along with two others in a Uganda-based scheme that produced more than $1.5 million in high-quality counterfeit bills, authorities announced Thursday.
The indictment by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh alleges the bogus money was manufactured in Uganda and packaged inside boxes of brochures that appeared to be from a Christian-based charity for poor African children.
Ryan Andrew Gustafson, 27, of Uganda, is accused of producing fake $20, $50 and $100 bills and selling them through an online group, Community-X, he created on the so-called "dark Web" — a network of encrypted Internet sites that allow users to remain anonymous. Read more
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