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Man sentenced in bogus money case

Updated: Thursday, 09 Jul 2009, 7:12 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 09 Jul 2009, 7:12 AM EDT

    Hartford (AP) - A federal judge in Connecticut has sentenced a former Danbury man to a year and a day in prison for possessing counterfeit cash.

    Epaminondas Soares, 41, was sentenced Wednesday.

    Prosecutors say Soares and another man were found with more than $35,000 in counterfeit $100 bills during a traffic stop in North Carolina last year

    Prosecutors say the two men admitted passing nearly $9,000 in bogus cash at several Hartford area stores.

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