I can confirm this. The man that was just elected mayor of my town was a white college hockey player who was caught counterfeiting. He was charged with aggravated forgery, plead guilty, only received 40 hours of community service, and received no felony on his criminal record.
https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/government-and-politics/4916532-Brandon-Bochenski-says-he-has-moved-on-from-2001-counterfeiting-incident
Also true.