News Release
U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
District of Rhode Island
May 12, 2009
Counterfeiter is sentenced
A federal judge today sentenced Jesus Nater, 30, to 37 months in prison for making approximately $100,000 in counterfeit $20 and $40 bills. In November, Nater admitted that he passed counterfeit notes and manufactured them on a copying machine.
United States Attorney Robert Clark Corrente announced the sentence, which Chief U.S. District Court Judge Mary M. Lisi imposed in U.S. District Court, Providence.
In November, Nater, whose address is not in court records, pleaded guilty to counterfeiting Federal Reserve notes. At the plea hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew J. Reich said the government could prove that, between July 14, 2007, and January 14, 2008, Nater passed counterfeit bills on at least five occasions. During searches of an apartment and a hotel room that he used, agents seized additional uncut counterfeit bills and a copying machine on which he manufactured the notes. Nater later admitted to manufacturing about $100,000 in bogus bills.
The United States Secret Service investigated the case.
Contact: 401-709-5032 Thomas.connell@usdoj.gov