Feds charge 3 in counterfeiting cases

Published April 22, 2014 12:44am ET



ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three Alaskans have been charged in two separate counterfeiting cases, federal authorities announced Monday.

Eugene David Downey Jr., 42, of Anchorage, faces four counts of passing counterfeit $50 bills at Anchorage-area stores, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release. He’s accused of passing the bills from August to November 2013.

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