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A Las Vegas man will serve up to four years in a Colorado prison for stealing more than $65,000 in change from coin-cashing machines along Interstate 70.<\/p>\n

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Richard Pena, 37, broke into 11 Coinstar kiosks inside grocery stores along the I-70 corridor between Grand Junction and metro Denver over four days in November 2021. The machines accept loose change and dispense vouchers for cash or gift cards.<\/p>\n

Pena stole bins containing a total of $65,769.82 in coins during 11 separate burglaries, according to his indictment by Colorado\u2019s statewide grand jury.<\/p>\n

A person believed to be Pena was seen entering the stores with a hand dolly and, in at least some of the burglaries, observed using what appeared to be a key to open the Coinstar kiosks, according to the indictment. He removed large bins of coins and carted them out to his van, the indictment said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll Coinstar kiosks within the United States were keyed identically upon manufacture,\u201d prosecutors wrote in the indictment. \u201cThis allows the same key to access every kiosk in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s investigators discovered a pattern of these types of thefts that started in Southern California and, by late 2021, had netted more than $1 million in losses, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCoinstar has been working to upgrade their kiosks to two-factor authentication,\u201d prosecutors wrote.<\/p>\n

The Colorado grand jury indicted Pena on 11 counts of third-degree burglary, a class 5 felony. He pleaded guilty to one count of class-4 felony theft for all 11 incidents, the Colorado Attorney General\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n

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A Denver District Court judge ordered Pena to pay $77,044.06 in restitution to Coinstar for the stolen money and damage to its machines.<\/p>\n

Pena is already serving a federal sentence in Oregon for similar thefts in other states. The Colorado thefts took place at stores in Denver, Adams, Jefferson, Eagle and Mesa counties.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis case wasn\u2019t pocket change \u2014 it was (a) real loss for businesses and communities along the I-70 corridor,\u201d Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a statement Friday. \u201cThrough hard investigative work, prosecutors in the Special Prosecutions Unit were able to bring justice for this 2021 coin-cashing kiosk heist that stretched from Grand Junction to Thornton.\u201d<\/p>\n

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