United States Attorney
United States Attorney
Southern District of Florida
99 N.E. 4 Street
Miami, FL 33132
(305) 961-9000
October 22, 2004
NEWS RELEASE
DEFENDANT CONVICTED
ON COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY, FALSE
DOCUMENT-MAKING EQUIPMENT, AND FIREARM CHARGES
Marcos Daniel Jiménez,
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; William T.
Sims, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service; and Julie
Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and Explosives, announced today that defendant, Noel Young, was
convicted on October 20, 2004, on charges of making, passing, and selling
counterfeit currency, possessing false document-making equipment, and
being a felon in possession of a firearm, a Kel-tec 9 mm semi-automatic
pistol and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections
471, 472, 473, 1028(a)(5), and 922(g)(1).
Young was convicted after a six-day trial before the United States District
Court Judge Kenneth A. Mara in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Young and co-defendant,
Glosden Lebert, made, passed, and sold counterfeit currency. They
were arrested after an agent made several undercover buys of counterfeit
currency. Young and Lebert also made and sold fraudulent Social Security
cards, Florida driver's licenses, and Florida identification cards, which
they sold to customers in the Lauderhill area. A federal search warrant
of Young's residence was executed and agents discovered computer and electronic
equipment, together with hundreds of false identification cards, false
driver's licenses, passport photographs, and Social Security cards, as
well as over $24,000 in counterfeit currency at the residence.
Young faces a maximum sentence of twenty (20) years' imprisonment on each of the counterfeit currency charges; fifteen (15) years' imprisonment on the document-making equipment charges; and ten (10) years' imprisonment on the felon in possession charges.
On October 7, 2003, Lebert pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit currency, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 472. On May 7, 2004, Lebert was sentenced to fourteen (14) months in prison.
Mr. Jiménez
commended the investigative efforts of the United States Secret Service
and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. This case
is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Laurie E. Rucoba.
A copy of this press
release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office
for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls
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