Chadwin Greenwood, 33, of Cookeville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court, to manufacturing counterfeit currency, announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Greenwood was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 12, 2017.
According to the court documents, Greenwood manufactured counterfeit currency by converting legitimate ten-dollar bills to counterfeit fifty-dollar bills. Greenwood admitted that he passed approximately $21,760 in counterfeit currency in the Middle District of Tennessee and elsewhere, before being apprehended while attempting to pass a counterfeit $50 dollar bill at a Family Dollar Store in Livingston, Tenn.
Greenwood faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on Sept. 29, 2017.
The case was investigated by the United States Secret Service with valuable assistance from the Livingston Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol, and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Ryan Raybould is prosecuting the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
