Fake bank robbery prank video lands YouTube stars with possibility of four years in jail


Twins and YouTubers Alan and Alex Stokes are facing felony charges for a fake bank robbery prank, which saw US law enforcement officers being called to the scene after receiving calls from concerned bystanders. — Screengrab from YouTube

A pair of US twins, who posted a YouTube prank video in which they pretended to have robbed a bank and asked people to help them make their getaway, is facing felony charges in the United States, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Alan and Alex Stokes, 23, who run The Stokes Twins channel on YouTube where they have 4.8 million subscribers, have each been charged with one felony count of false imprisonment effected by violence, menace, fraud or deceit, and one misdemeanor count of falsely reporting an emergency.

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