Three Plead Guilty to Possession with Intent to Spend Counterfeit Currency on the Choctaw Indian Reservation

Jackson, MS – Three defendants pled guilty to possession with intent to spend counterfeit currency in the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

According to court documents, in March of 2024, Christopher Nolan, 39, Astra High, 43, both of Philadelphia, and Bailey Gonzales, 25, of Pascagoula, possessed with intent to spend counterfeit currency in the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

Gonzales and High pled guilty in U.S. District Court today. Nolan pled guilty on September 12, 2024.

The three defendants are scheduled to be sentenced on February 4, 2025, and they each face a maximum penalty of twenty years in prison. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

U.S. Attorney Todd Gee and Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis of the U.S. Secret Service made the announcement.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Secret Service with assistance from the Choctaw Police Department.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kevin J. Payne and Brian K. Burns prosecuted the case.