Largo Man Sentenced for Stealing Sheets of Money

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A LARGO MAN was sentenced yesterday to a year in federal prison for stealing sheets of money from his job at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Southwest.

David C. Faison pleaded guilty in September, but the judge reduced his sentence to just a year, citing Faison's cooperation in the case. While it is not known exactly how he swiped the 21 sheets of $100 bills from the Bureau of Engraving of Printing, The Post's Henri E. Cauvin reports that attorneys described the theft as "a rash act of opportunity."

Faison cut the bills — which lacked embossing with seals or serial numbers — himself, and dropped $37,200 worth of them into circulation by using them in slot machines at casinos in West Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey.

» "Engraving Employee Sentenced After Stealing Uncut Sheets of Bills" [WaPo]

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