INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT OHIO, WOOD COUNTY & PEMBERVILLE For the last several months, there have been increasing reports of counterfeit bills circulating throughout Oregon. Although it stretches back from earlier this year, recent police reports state that the phony greenbacks have made their way to merchants, particularly Walmart at 3721 Navarre Avenue. Among the reports: • On Oct. 9, a $20 bill was used to make a purchase at Walmart, according to police. “The suspect made a purchase from register No. 9 and paid in cash,” states the police report. “The suspect gave the clerk a $20 bill, which was turned in with the clerk’s drawer to the counting room.” An employee found the bill as she was counting the money from the drawer. • On Oct. 6, a $5 bill was detected in a cash drawer in Walmart, likely received between Noon and Midnight, according to the police report. • On Sept. 28, a woman found pieces of counterfeit $10 bills in the Walmart parking lot after she was exiting the store at 3721 Navarre Ave., between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. “When she was walking to the parking lot, she noticed what appeared to be torn money on the ground,” states the report. “She gathered up the pieces and went to her vehicle. Upon further inspection, she found the pieces made several $10 bills with all the same serial numbers: CG29669764A. When she realized it was counterfeit money, she brought it to the Oregon Police Department.” • On Sept. 6, a $20 counterfeit bill was passed at the Bob Evans Restaurant, 2849 Navarre Ave. • On July 26, a counterfeit $20 bill was found in a deposit bag at Walmart. • On May 6, someone unknowingly passed a counterfeit $20 bill at Circle K, 401 S. Wheeling St. • On Jan. 16, a $100 counterfeit bill was used to pay for merchandise at Walmart. Hard to tell Bank notes are printed on paper that is not sold commercially, so the texture of fake money has a different feel to it. Secret Service Authentic money is printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which is part of the U.S. Treasury Department. Counterfeit cases are turned over to the Secret Service, an agency of the Treasury Department. “That is the main objective of the Secret Service outside of a presidential year. In a presidential year, they’re doing almost all dignitary protection,” he said. Tips According to the Secret Service’s website, the public can detect a counterfeit bill by observing the following: • Compare a suspect note with a genuine one of the same denomination and series, and pay attention to the quality of printing and paper characteristics. Look for differences, not similarities. • Study the dollar’s portrait. A genuine portrait is lifelike and stands out distinctly from the background. A counterfeit portrait is usually lifeless and flat. • On a genuine Federal Reserve and Treasury Seal, the saw-tooth points of the Federal Reserve and Treasury seals are clear, distinct, and sharp. The counterfeit seals may have uneven, blunt, or broken saw-tooth points. • The fine lines in the border of a genuine bill are clear and unbroken. On the counterfeit, the lines in the outer margin and scrollwork may be blurred and indistinct. • Genuine serial numbers have a distinctive style and are evenly spaced. The serial numbers are printed in the same ink color as the Treasury Seal. On a counterfeit, the serial numbers may differ in color or shade of ink from the Treasury Seal. The numbers may not be uniformly spaced or aligned. • Genuine currency paper has tiny red and blue fibers embedded throughout. Often counterfeiters try to simulate these fibers by printing tiny red and blue lines on the paper, but they are on the surface, not embedded in the paper. (FROM THE SUBURBAN PRESS, Kelly Kaczala)
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:24:30 +0000
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