Man charged with printing phony $50s to pay dancer

[October 21, 2009]  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- A Wyoming man has been charged with counterfeiting money to pay an exotic dancer for a private performance.

Rickey A. Kempter, 50, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors said Kempter hired the exotic dancer for a private dance at the Lariat Motel, and Kempter and the dancer shared a taxi to the location. The taxi driver called police after they arrived, saying Kempter asked him to hold a roll of $50 bills and he noticed that they looked odd and were not cut evenly.

Court documents said Kempter told investigators that he made the bills on a printer in his home, but that he planned to go home and get real money to pay the dancer.

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Information from: Wyoming Tribune Eagle -- Cheyenne, http://www.wyomingnews.com/

[Associated Press]

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