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A pair of YouTubers have pleaded guilty to faking a bank robbery that led to an unsuspecting Uber driver being held at gunpoint by police.
Alan and Alex Stokes, 24, who have six million followers on their channel, wore balaclavas and called an Uber as a getaway vehicle.
But the driver, who was unaware of the prank, refused to drive them.
A judge in California sentenced the twins to community service and a year s probation for misdemeanour.
They could each have faced up to five years in prison for the pranks.
They each faced a maximum sentence of five years in jail if convicted on all counts.
The guilty pleas were in exchange for the judge reducing the felony false imprisonment charge to a misdemeanor. Prosecutors objected on the record and in a trial brief to the court s offer to reduce the felony charge to a misdemeanor, Edds said.
The Stokes brothers were dressed completely in black, wearing ski masks and carrying duffle bags full of cash as they pretended they just robbed a bank while their videographer filmed them, Edds said.
The brothers ordered an Uber, and the driver who was not aware of the prank refused to drive them, Edds said.
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