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Chicago man printed $92,000 in fake bills, gets 7 years in prison: prosecutors

By Alex Ortiz
Published  February 8, 2025 1:47pm CST
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The Brief

    • Marquise Shores, 28, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for creating and using about $92,000 in fake currency.
    • He used the counterfeit $100 bills to purchase items with the help of young women and girls he recruited online.
    • They would then return the items and he'd profit from the illicit proceeds.

CHICAGO - A Chicago man was sentenced to over seven years in federal prison for manufacturing about $92,000 in counterfeit money.

Marquise Shores, 28, pleaded guilty last year to a federal counterfeiting charge.

Defrauding local businesses

What we know:

Prosecutors said he used chemicals and a printer in his Chicago home to create the fake money in counterfeit $100 bills. 

Shores then used Facebook Messenger to recruit young women, including girls as young as 16 years old, to use the counterfeit money to buy merchandise at retail stores while he waited outside. 

He later told the women to return the merchandise for genuine currency while he retained most of the illicit proceeds.

What they're saying:

Prosecutors said the scheme was meant to enrich Shores.

"Marquise Shores manufactured counterfeit currency and used it to defraud local businesses and enrich himself," said Acting U.S. Attorney Pasqual in a statement.  "Our office will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute counterfeiters and ensure the integrity of our economy."

The Source

  • The information in this story was provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Illinois.

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