Man charged with printing phony $50s to pay dancer

Summary

A Wyoming man has been charged with counterfeiting money to pay an exotic dancer for a private performance.

Story Published: Oct 20, 2009 at 2:55 PM PST

Story Updated: Oct 20, 2009 at 2:55 PM PST

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

Fifty-year-old Rickey A. Kempter faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors say 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 say 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.