June 7, 2021 U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Ricco Darnell Taylor, age 32, of Capital Heights, Maryland to 41 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to pass counterfeit currency and making counterfeit currency. Judge Chuang has also ordered Taylor to pay $98,000 in restitution. The sentence was announced by Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Jonathan F. Lenzner and Special Agent in Charge Matthew R. Stohler of the United States Secret Service – Washington Field Office. According to his plea agreement, from 2017 to December 2019, Taylor manufactured and passed counterfeit currency with co-conspirators Keara Davis, age 29, of Capital Heights, Maryland; Deon Jones, age 31, of Temple Hills, Maryland; and Tara Simpson, age 52, of Hyattsville, Maryland. As part of the conspiracy, Taylor manufactured the counterfeit with a printer at his residence, supplied the fraudulent currency to his co-conspirators, and occasionally sold counterfeit currency to others.