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Monday, November 19, 2012

Secret Service Special Agent Discusses Counterfeiting Prevention

With the holiday sales rush, merchants may not always have time to check every currency bill given to them by a customer. Counterfeiters are getting more advanced, and while there are some who don't print bad money well, merchants, bank personnel and others need to check out anything that looks or feels suspicious.

Special Agent Rich Hudson of the U.S. Secret Service spoke this past week with members of the Brunswick Economic Development Committee and Greater Brunswick Area Chamber of Commerce about different ways criminals print money and what to look for.

Hudson talked about how he had gone undercover offering to buy counterfeit money from a person in Elkton who was using a $30 ink jet printer.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

My color copier WILL NOT copy money! As soon as it detects it, it separates the colors and moves them a half inch away, blurring the image. I was trying to joke a payment to a friend with a one sided copy, but discovered this instead.
Tech rules!

chris said...

awww the government doesnt like when you print money that is worthless but they do it everyday. They also dont like when you steal from them by making fake money, yet they steal from us and call it a "new tax" convenient huh? are american dollar is worth less and less everyday thanks to Barrack O barrorw more money. get used to fake printed money more is going to flood the market when people cant get real cash

Anonymous said...

How dare that man from Elkton print money of better value then obama money?