A Home Depot Employee Got Caught Swapping $400,000 with Counterfeit Money He Bought on Amazon
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A Home Depot employee in Tempe, Arizona has admitted to swapping out nearly $400,000 in REAL money with fake bills that he bought on Amazon.
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His name is Adrian Pineda, and he was a vault associate at the store . . . meaning that he was in charge of counting the money and taking it to the bank. But over the past four years, he's been swapping in counterfeit money.
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Adrian bought the fake money on Amazon. A pack of 100 fake $100 bills costs about $9.00. He bought more than 3,700 fake $100's . . . in 22 orders over the past few years . . . totaling $371,000 in fake money.
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Obviously, the bank wasn't fooled . . . the serial number on the bills actually said "PLAY MONEY."Â It's unclear how long they were onto him, but Home Depot has video of him making the swap 16 times.
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Adrian was arrested last week. He admitted to stealing the money, and he has agreed to pay it all back. He's also looking at up to 20 years in prison.Â
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(CNN / Fox 10 Phoenix / Secret Service)
Originally posted on February 7th, 2022