The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 9, March 4, 2007, Article 19

BEP WORKER SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON

On February 26 the Washington Post reported that the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing worker convicted of stealing incompletely
printed sheets of $100 bills has been sentenced for his crime.

"A former Treasury Department employee was sentenced to nine months
in federal prison Monday for stealing more than $67,000 in uncut
sheets of $100 bills that he tried to launder through casino slot
machines.

"David C. Faison, 56, was also ordered to pay back the government
$37,200 _ the amount he fed to slot machines in Atlantic City, West
Virginia and Delaware between May and August last year.

"Faison had worked as a stock control recorder, distributing currency
paper within the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, when he stole 21
sheets of partially printed $100 bills. Each sheet contained 32 bills,
which were missing serial numbers and Treasury Department seals."

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On February 27 the Washington Post published a longer follow-up article:

"It is not often that a man who has just been sentenced to jail walks
over, as David C. Faison did yesterday in federal court, and shakes
the hands of the people who helped put him behind bars.

"Once caught, Faison cooperated readily, said the prosecutor, Assistant
U.S. Attorney Jonathan R. Barr. Within a month, he had pleaded guilty
to a counterfeiting charge.

"As part of his plea agreement, he met with law enforcement agents and
Treasury officials to explain how he had managed to swipe the 21 sheets
of bills -- 32 to a page -- from the Bureau of Engraving building where
he worked at 14th and C streets SW.

"The judge tried to find a middle ground, giving Faison nine months
and saying he would recommend that Faison be placed in a federal
facility, where his drug and mental health problems could be treated
more effectively. The judge also ordered him to pay $37,200 in
restitution and placed him under supervision for three years after
his release.

"Faison took it all in. Then he turned to the prosecutor and
investigators and shook their hands."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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