Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Crystal Hudson, age 36, of Honea Path, South Carolina, Travis Attaway, age 26, of Belton, South Carolina, and Evan Tatham, age 26, of Anderson, South Carolina, entered guilty pleas yesterday in federal court in Greenville to Conspiracy to Pass Counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 371. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain of Anderson accepted the guilty plea and will impose the sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
Evidence presented at the change of plea hearing established that Crystal Hudson manufactured and trained others to manufacture counterfeit federal reserve notes in the Upstate of South Carolina. Evan Tatham transported counterfeit notes and manufacturing material for a co-conspirator and passed counterfeit notes in exchange for drugs. Travis Attaway received counterfeit from multiple co-conspirators and passed it at locations including the Stop-A-Minute and Bojangles in Belton, SC.
Ms. Drake stated that the maximum penalty Hudson, Tatham, and Attaway could receive is 5 years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000 dollars. The case was investigated by the United States Secret Service, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Anderson Police Department, Belton County Police Department, Greenville County Sheriff’s Office, Easley Police Department, and the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services. Assistant United States Attorneys Jamie Lea Schoen of the Greenville office prosecuted the case.
--DOJ District of South Carolina