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\"\"A California woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to her role in a counterfeit savings bond scheme.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, Summer Marie Creech, 45, of Fontana, conspired with others to create, pass, and transfer counterfeit Department of the Treasury Series I savings bonds at financial institutions in Texas and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Creech forged counterfeit Series I savings bonds using genuine bond numbers and then sent them to her co-conspirators, who negotiated them at financial institutions and shared the profits with Creech.<\/p>\n

\"\"To pass the counterfeit bonds, the co-conspirators used means of identification belonging to others without their knowledge or consent.<\/p>\n

During the conspiracy, Creech and others passed over $1.6 million in counterfeit Series I savings bonds.<\/p>\n

Creech pleaded guilty to conspiracy to make, pass, and transfer counterfeit U.S. securities and passing counterfeit U.S. securities. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 20 and faces up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n

One of Creech\u2019s co-conspirators, Daniel Alan Lewis, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to make, pass, and transfer counterfeit U.S. securities and passing counterfeit U.S. securities.<\/p>\n

He is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 12.<\/p>\n

Trial Attorney David D. Hamstra of the Criminal Division\u2019s Fraud Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Edgardo J. Rodriguez for the Southern District of Texas are prosecuting the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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