Panama City Man On State Probation For Passing Counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes Pleads Guilty To Manufacturing Counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Neal Evan Pollman (42, Panama City) has pleaded guilty to manufacturing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. Pollman faces up to 20 years in federal prison and payment of restitution to the victims he defrauded. A sentencing date has not yet been set.   

According to court documents and public records, in 2022, Pollman entered various businesses in Brevard, Clay, Duval, and Seminole counties and purchased gift cards, food, and merchandise using counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. Law enforcement subsequently determined that Pollman and his co-defendant, Lyndsey Rhea Markland (41, Panama City), were staying at a hotel in the City of Palm Bay. In November 2022, the Palm Bay Police Department (PBPD) executed a search warrant at their hotel room and located Markland inside the room. Also located in the room was approximately $30,000 in counterfeit currency and a printer, along with other tools used to manufacture counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. Shortly after the execution of the search warrant, the PBPD located Pollman in the vicinity of the hotel and arrested him. When the officers searched Pollman they recovered various counterfeit Federal Reserve notes on him which were traced back to his manufacturing activities. During a subsequent forensic examination of Pollman’s cellphone, law enforcement located images of Federal Reserve notes that Pollman used to manufacture the counterfeit currency.

Pollman and Markland appeared in federal court on April 27, 2023, pursuant to writs bringing them to Jacksonville from the Bay County Jail in Florida, where they are serving jail sentences for violating state probation on multiple charges related to passing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. The Court ordered Pollman and Markland detained pending trial.

On June 8, 2023, Markland pleaded guilty to four counts of passing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. She faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each count and payment of restitution to the victims she defrauded. Her sentencing is set for September 25, 2023.

This case was investigated by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the Palm Bay Police Department, the Orange Park Police Department, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, and the United States Secret Service - Jacksonville Field Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kevin C. Frein.