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Van Buren, Arkansas Man Sentenced To 15 Months, $300 Restitution For Possession Of Counterfeit Obligation

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Oklahoma
Defendant Possessed 70 Counterfeit $100 Bills

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that MARK BRANDON WEEKS, age 41, of Van Buren, Arkansas, was sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for POSSESSION OF A COUNTERFEIT OBLIGATION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 472 and 2.  The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $300.

The charges are a result of an investigation by the Muskogee Police Department, the Sallisaw Police Department and the United States Secret Service. The defendant was indicted in January, 2016 and pled guilty in April, 2016.

The Indictment alleged that on or about August 10, 2015, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the defendant, MARK BRANDON WEEKS, did with intent to defraud, possess counterfeit obligations of the United States, that is: Seventy (70) counterfeit $100 Federal Reserve Notes, which he knew to be falsely made, forged and counterfeited.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing.

Assistant United States Attorney Timothy Hammer represented the United States.

Updated September 29, 2016

Topic
Financial Fraud