Ken Stopkotte To Be Sentenced For Passing Counterfeit $20.00 Bills

Ken Stopkotte (53) will be sentenced tomorrow, August 31, after pleading guilty to passing dozens of counterfeit $20 bills at a Dayton Dragons minor league baseball game in Dayton, Ohio.

Stopkotte would have faced maximum sentences of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count, if he had not entered into a plea agreement.

With the plea agreement, he could still serve up to 21 months in prison and be responsible for restitution, plus face three years’ supervised release after serving prison time.

United States Secret Service officials said Stopkotte used dozens of fake $20 bills during an April 18, 2018 game and was found with 231 fake $20 bills he purchased from the dark web. He used the fake $20 bills for his ticket, food, beverages and other concessions, according to federal prosecutors.

According to the indictment, Stopkotte – who was on federal probation after serving more than three years in prison for stealing $180,000 in donations to Tennessee churches – had fake $20s and $674.72 in genuine U.S. currency along with an iPhone, all of which was seized.

Stopkotte has a checkered past. He was banned from USA Swimming for two-years and Indiana Swimming for 5-years back in 2010 for reporting false times.

In 2012, he was accused of theft but avoided charges when they were dismissed by an Indiana Court.

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NONA

5 years ago

Whoever did the artwork for this article deserves a raise. Outstanding work