NYC Man Sentenced For Passing Counterfeit $100 Bills

WHITE PLAINS, NY — A New York City man was sentenced for using fake money at the White Plains Bloomingdales. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. said Monday that Donald Jackson, 25, of New York City, was sentenced to three to six years in state prison for passing counterfeit bills.

Jackson pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument Nov. 13. He was sentenced as a second felony offender.

According to Scarpino, on March 16, Jackson purchased $748 worth of merchandise using eight counterfeit $100 bills at the store which is located at 175 Bloomingdale Road in White Plains.

A Bloomingdale's Asset Protection employee recognized Jackson as having been in the store weeks earlier with two girls he handed money to for use in the store. That money was later deemed to be counterfeit.

The employee began watching Jackson on the video surveillance system and witnessed the sales transaction take place. He then saw Jackson leave the store and walk outside to a car, which the employee recognized from the previous incident.

The employee immediately went to the register and examined the $100 bills Jackson had just used for payment and noticed they were counterfeit. With the eight counterfeit bills in hand, the employee ran outside to get the license plate number of the car.

He flagged down a White Plains Police Officer who was parked in the lot and told him what happened, giving a description of the vehicle Jackson had entered. The officer located the vehicle, which was still in the lot, and arrested Jackson.

A search of Jackson found 18 additional counterfeit $100 bills in his pocket. The stolen merchandise was also recovered from the backseat of the car. A Secret Service agent examined all 26 bills and confirmed they were, in fact, counterfeit.

Scarpino said Jackson also has a pending charge in Paramus, NJ for using counterfeit currency at a Lord & Taylor there.

Photo caption: Bloomingdale's in White Plains. Photo credit: Google Maps.