Fake cash atm suspect nabbed at JFK

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An ATM service worker who allegedly swiped $110,000 from two Manhattan machines ? and replaced the dough with bogus bills ? the day before his birthday was nabbed at JFK Airport yesterday.

He had burned through the cash partying in the Dominican Republic, law-enforcement sources said.

Cops received a tip that suspect Jean Carlo Pena was on a 3 p.m. JetBlue flight and were waiting for him with handcuffs as he walked off the plane, the sources said.

None of the stolen money has been recovered, sources said.

?He was partying, and he also rented a [lavish] automobile [while in the DR],? one source said.

Pena was federally charged with embezzlement and dealing with counterfeit cash.

On Oct. 8 ? the day before he turned 26 ? Pena serviced two ATMs at Chase branches in Midtown.

He allegedly filled them with forged bills with printing on only one side after he pocketed the real cash, the sources said.

Two customers notified bank employees after easily spotting the fake bills.
 
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Think about it - this is hard to do.
1/the cash in the truck needs to balance
2/he needs to make 'the swap' somewhere
3/ he needs to abscond w/ the cash
4/have you ever seen $110,000 in $20' or whatever? I have - its big, like a duffel bag full

Accomplices will be found... there is more than one person on those trucks - the driver never leaves the cab and the 'cash men' travel in pairs - one carrying, the other guarding

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must have been quite a party. Sorry my invite was lost in the mail. At least he has some great memories and stories to pass the prison years.
 
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Wewwee . A fool and his money are soon parted . 110,000 in 8 days that is 13,750 a day In the RD WTF . How did he not die ?
 
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william webster said:
...4/have you ever seen $110,000 in $20' or whatever? I have - its big, like a duffel bag full
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I do not see that much cash on regular basis, so forgive me that I am kind of confused. $110,000 in $20 is 5,500 bills, or 55 packs. Given that each bill is about 0.0043 inches thick (there are about 233 bills per inch), that would make a 5,500 bills be a pile about 23.65 inches high. So we are talking about a two foot high stack of twenty-dollar bills. This would fit into a small daypack.

Alternatively, given that bills have dimensions 6.14 in ? 2.61 in ? 0.043 in, 5500 bills take up about 379 cu inches, or 1.64 gallons, or 6.2 liters.

Perhaps you were thinking $110,000 in five-dollar bills (or about 25 Liters) which would be a small duffel, or $110,000 in one-dollar bills (124 L), which would be about two large duffle bags?
 
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I was on that flight, there was probably 20 NYPD waiting for the dummy.. I was probably the second person to exit the plane and my first thought was that they were there for Badpiece and I because of all the things we had done in the last week in the Dominican Republic;)
 
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Santiago DR
1. Stole $110,000.................
2. Was the ATM service worker.........
3. Replaced legit money with money printed on one side.............
4. Spent all of it partying...............
5. RETURNS TO NEW YORK...........
6. Adds a new meaning to the word..............
7. DUMBINICAN......................
8. Was he going back for more.............lol........

B in Santiago
 
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3 hots and a cot in Club Fed for the next 36 months. I am sure once in Club Fed he will learn that you bleach out $1 bills and print both side. If ya gonna do something stupid atleast do it right.
 
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pdmlynek said:
I do not see that much cash on regular basis, so forgive me that I am kind of confused. $110,000 in $20 is 5,500 bills, or 55 packs. Given that each bill is about 0.0043 inches thick (there are about 233 bills per inch), that would make a 5,500 bills be a pile about 23.65 inches high. So we are talking about a two foot high stack of twenty-dollar bills. This would fit into a small daypack.

Alternatively, given that bills have dimensions 6.14 in ? 2.61 in ? 0.043 in, 5500 bills take up about 379 cu inches, or 1.64 gallons, or 6.2 liters.

Perhaps you were thinking $110,000 in five-dollar bills (or about 25 Liters) which would be a small duffel, or $110,000 in one-dollar bills (124 L), which would be about two large duffle bags?
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Backpack, small duffel = who cares . We're not talking hockey bag, but not grocery bag either.
He still needs to stash it it away while on the job.

The flip side is how easy it is to carry $100k in 100's -- fits into the pockets of most raincoats.

Let me go and measure some pockets to help w/ the math:classic:
 
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I just hope all that money didn't go to his novia in DR, who might now be sporting a brand new set of boobs and tummy with her real chopo while he does his time....
 
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it would have been hilarious had he gotten robbed in the DR after flashing it all over playing the rich gangster.

And then arrested (broke) getting off the plane.

I wonder if he posted a Trip Report anywhere...
 
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if he was semi-intelligent, he buried it somewhere in DR for when he gets out of prison in a few years.
treasure hunt, anyone?
 
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Maybe when he returns to where he buried it, he will find a nice mall on the lot (not a hospital or school, of course)
 
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I can't believe he entered DR with $110,000 in cash. How? No one would put that in checked luggage, and wouldn't the screeners have noticed a duffle full of cash?

My vote is that he took maybe 10 grand to DR, and the rest is hidden in NYC somewhere.
 
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AlterEgo said:
I can't believe he entered DR with $110,000 in cash. How? No one would put that in checked luggage, and wouldn't the screeners have noticed a duffle full of cash?

My vote is that he took maybe 10 grand to DR, and the rest is hidden in NYC somewhere.
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And could have spread some around to friends and family who were going after him.
 
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This guy did not act alone. It is almost impossible. We are talking about a lot of $20 bills.
He couldn't have possibly done it gradually, since people would have alerted the bank right away.

It all must've been done the same day and this the difficult part. :chinese:
 
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rsg said:
my first thought was that they were there for Badpiece and I because of all the things we had done in the last week in the Dominican Republic;)
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Unnecessary worries: You guys are consenting adults.
 
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rsg said:
I was on that flight, there was probably 20 NYPD waiting for the dummy.. I was probably the second person to exit the plane and my first thought was that they were there for Badpiece and I because of all the things we had done in the last week in the Dominican Republic;)
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Hanging with Patrick I would not doubt it. :)
 
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