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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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN THEM? Police Search For 5 People Who Used Counterfeit $100 Bills At 7 PA Grocery Stores SEEN THEM? Police Search For 5 People Who Used Counterfeit $100 Bills At 7 PA Grocery Stores
Seen Them? Police Search For 5 People Who Used Counterfeit $100 Bills At 7 PA Grocery Stores Five people who used counterfeit $100 bills to buy groceries at least seven times in central Pennsylvania are being sought by police. A couple was the first accused of using faking $100 bills to purchase groceries. They allegedly used $300 to make a purchase at the Giant located at 3301 Trindle Road in Camp Hill on May 20, according to area police. The couple was seen fleeing the store in a Red Toyota Camry with Florida registration. This same couple also passed counterfeit bills at the Giant in Hampden, Silver Spring and Lower Paxton Townships, say police. The second reported suspects ar…

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by Jillian Pikora