A man has been charged with stealing $196,000 (£137,800) in coins from the security company where he worked.
Stephen Lancaster Dennis, 49, of Harpersville, Alabama, is accused of taking the 25c coins while working as a money processing manager at Brink's Company armoured transport service.
According to the Department of Justice, Dennis has agreed to plead guilty and repay Brink's - which has already reimbursed the coins' owner, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
In a statement, the department said that Dennis had stolen the 784,000 quarters between January 1, 2014, and his final day of employment at Brink's - 20 February that year.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger Stanton said: "What Mr Dennis may have thought was a nickel and dime theft was, in the end, the equivalent of a major bank heist.
"Now, he will be a convicted felon who must repay all the stolen money."
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