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Pennsylvania man faces sentencing in counterfeiting, scams

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PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Western Pennsylvania man likely faces at least 11 years in federal prison when he’s sentenced for a counterfeit money scheme based in Uganda, along with several other scams. in which he was free on bond when he got caught passing a bogus $100 bill at a Pennsylvania coffee shop.

Twenty-nine-year-old Joseph Graziano pleaded guilty in February and will be sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in Pittsburgh.

Graziano was linked to the counterfeiting scheme when he passed a bogus $100 bill at a Pittsburgh coffee shop in late 2013.

At the time, he was free on bond on unrelated charges that he stole $2.44 million while working for Bank of New York Mellon in Pittsburgh from 2009 to 2012 and ripped off eBay customers who bought computers but were shipped empty boxes instead.

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