NY Woman Admits To Buying Electronics With Counterfeit $100s At North Haven Store

The following is a press release from the United States Department of Justice:

Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that Alisha Fraser, 27, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty Wednesday before United States Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith in Hartford to one count of passing counterfeit U.S. currency at a store in North Haven.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 13, 2010, Fraser used nine counterfeit $100 bills to purchase an iPad from a store in North Haven.  Later that day, she returned the iPad and received genuine U.S. currency.  Two days later, Fraser purchased two iPods at the same store using five $100 counterfeit bills.

Fraser is scheduled to be sentenced by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on August 28, 2013, at which time FRASER faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years and a fine of up to $250,000.

Fraser was arrested on February 25, 2013, and is currently released on a $25,000 bond.