Erie man gets prison for YouTube counterfeit $100

Published August 15, 2012 1:43pm ET



ERIE, Pa. (AP) — An Erie man will spend eight months in federal prison for passing a $100 bill that his friend made using instructions he found on YouTube.

Erie police and the U.S. Secret Service say 26-year-old Davon Eady, of Erie, made fake $100s by bleaching $1 and $5 bills with oven cleaner and an automotive degreaser — a process he discovered on YouTube. Eady then used a computer printer to turn the blank bills into $100s.

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