Alan and Alex Stokes, 23-year-old twin brothers known best for posting prank videos to YouTube under their channel Stokes Twins, have each been charged with a felony related to a fake bank robbery, the aftermath of which the brothers recorded and posted to YouTube last October, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.

As part of the prank, the two brothers falsely presented themselves as criminals to an Uber driver and other random bystanders, who they then implored to give them clothes, rides, and other forms of assistance in a way that South California authorities say broke the law.

`These were not pranks. These are crimes that could have resulted in someone getting seriously injured or even killed,` Todd Spitzer, the Orange County district attorney, said in a statement. `Law enforcement officers are sworn to protect the public and when someone calls 911 to report an active bank robbery they are going to respond to protect lives. Instead, what they found was some kind of twisted attempt to gain more popularity on the internet by unnecessarily putting members of the public and police officers in danger.`

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Twin YouTube prank stars, Alan and Alex Stokes, have been charged for a bank robbery prank. The pair each face a maximum sentence of four years in state prison if convicted on all counts. The full story, is at the link in bio.

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The brothers 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. According to the DA's office, the brothers face up to four years in prison if convicted on both counts.