Previously convicted Norfolk counterfeiter returning to prison

NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced yesterday to three years and one month in prison for passing counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes.

According to court documents, on at least three occasions from August to December of 2023, Tyree Lamar Shoulders, 33, passed counterfeit U.S. currency. On Aug. 6, 2023, at a gas station in Suffolk, Tyree Lamar Shoulders, 33, used two counterfeit $20 bills to purchase gasoline. On Aug. 30, 2023, at a convenience store in Suffolk, Shoulders used nine counterfeit $50 bills to buy candy and load $450 onto a bank card. On Nov. 13, 2023, at a gas station in Virginia Beach, Shoulders attempted to use a counterfeit $50 bill and two counterfeit $10 bills to buy gas.

On Dec. 5, 2023, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Shoulders' residence in Norfolk and recovered counterfeit $10, $20, and $50 bills.

In 2014 Shoulders was convicted of counterfeiting and forging Federal Reserve Notes, and in 2015 was sentenced to two years in prison.

Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Kang Lee, Resident Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service's Norfolk Resident Office, made the announcement after sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth M. Yusi prosecuted the case.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 2:24-cr-41.