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Counterfeit Bills Are Circulating In Bucks County. Here's How To Spot Them Counterfeit Bills Are Circulating In Bucks County. Here's How To Spot Them
Counterfeit Bills Are Circulating In Bucks County. Here's How To Spot Them Counterfeit cash was found in circulation in Bucks County this week, authorities say.  Officers were called to the Village at Newtown Shopping Center on South Eagle Road at about 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 6, where employees at several businesses reported receiving phony bills, township police said.  The stores affected included MOD Pizza, Chipotle, Chopt, and Crumbl Cookies, the department added.  Authorities did not report any arrests or describe a suspect, but said there are steps area residents can take to protect themselves from funny money. The Federal Reserve Board's U.S. Curr…
Counterfeit Money Circulating In Suburban Philly: Police Counterfeit Money Circulating In Suburban Philly: Police
Counterfeit Money Circulating In Suburban Philly: Police A counterfeit bill was discovered in Montgomery County, and authorities are searching for the man who they say spent it.  Police in Upper Moreland Township were dispatched to the Taire Hair Salon at Marketplace Shopping Center on County Line Road in Huntingdon Valley on Wednesday, Oct. 12, just before 5:30 p.m.  There, investigators said an unknown man used a phony $100 bill to pay for a bottle of shampoo. He was caught on camera by the store's security system.  Just 20 minutes later, police said the same man tried to buy another bottle of shampoo with another fake $100 bill…
Feds: Counterfeiter Who Made Phony $100 Bills With Bleached Singles Gets 5 Years Without Parole Feds: Counterfeiter Who Made Phony $100 Bills With Bleached Singles Gets 5 Years Without Parole
Feds: Counterfeiter Who Made Phony $100 Bills With Bleached Singles Gets 5 Years Without Parole A convicted counterfeiter from Philadelphia must spend the next five years in federal prison for printing $235,000 worth of fake $100 bills that he and a crew circulated in Virginia, authorities said. Hollis Forteau, 38, formerly of Willingboro, NJ, already had an extensive criminal history when federal investigators arrested him for printing Benjamin Franklin and other $100 images onto bleached dollar bills that he distributed to at least six associates. The crew members used the funny money to buy items at retail stores in Virginia, then returned the goods to other stores in the same chai…