The United States Attorney's Office announced that on May 1, 2013, in Helena, after a federal district court trial before Senior U.S. District Judge Charles C. Lovell, JOSHUA EMIL RUNION, a 41-year-old resident of Oregon, was found guilty of counterfeiting U.S. currency. Sentencing is set for Sept. 12, 2013. He is currently detained.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Bryan R. Whittaker and Zeno B. Baucus prosecuted the case for the United States.
RUNION faces possible penalties of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and 3 years supervised release.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Secret Service.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
