A Macks Creek man could get 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 after he pleads guilty to counterfeiting. 

    Thirty-five year old Gregory Harrison was in federal court yesterday, pleading guilty to his role in a conspiriacy to pass counterfeit money in the Springfield area. 

    According to the May 14^th federal indictment, Harrison manufactured about eighteen hundred dollars in money and primarily gave it to other people to distribute between October 19^th and November 9^th of 2008.  People who got the money passed the bills at fast food restaurants where they bought items off the dollar menus in order to get change.  The real currency was then apparently used to by illegal drugs. 

    Harrison was arrested November 8^th of 2008 after he tried to pass fake money at a Springfield business.  Officers found Harrison in a motel room with an Epson printer, laptop computer and counterfeit five, ten, and twenty dollar bills. 

    Harrison will receive his sentence after a presentence investigation is completed by the United States Probation Office.