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Thieves Get A Taste Of Their Own "Funny Money"
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Thieves Get A Taste Of Their Own "Funny Money"
Reported by: Andrea Canning
Web produced by: Neil Relyea
Photographed by: 9News
9/28/04 6:04:45 PM
Some thieves got a taste of their own "money" when they passed counterfeit bills at an area Wal-Mart store.
In a bizarre twist that involved two transactions and three different trips to the Wal-Mart Store in Westwood, employees were determined to teach them a lesson.
The employees are calling the thieves the dumbest criminals in the Tri-state.
They say they used their counterfeit money to buy items, but later returned those items to get a cash refund of legitimate bills.
But the store manager had a different idea.
"A male, black, came into the store, purchased approximately $400 worth of merchandise --a DVD player, some DVDs," said Lieutenant Russ Neville, a Cincinnati police officer.
Wal-Mart-mart management says that after the man left, an employee noticed the money was fake -- but it was too late.
They never expected what happened next.
"A female, black, came back a short time later with a receipt from that purchase and returned approximately $300 or $270 worth of the merchandise," said Lt. Neville.
Employees say she was hoping to get real money with her return, but Wal-Mart says they recognized the receipt and made the decision to give back the bogus bills.
Management says the thieves actually had the gall to come back a third time, less than an hour later to complain that they had been given counterfeit money.
The manager told them they could take their concerns to the police, and they left.
Sort of a version of, "Do unto others as they do unto you."
"I think that shows that Wal-Mart is so smart if they picked up on that," said Neville.
On the other hand, they could go spend the counterfeit money at another business establishment.
And that's something police say they're looking into -- why the store gave the money back, knowing it could end up in circulation again.
But the Wal-Mart store's management says they used a counterfeit detecting pen that left obvious black marks all over the bills, that most cashiers would pick up on.
The Wal-Mart corporation had no comment about why the bills were returned.
In the meantime police say they have no suspects at this time and plan to request surveillance video from Wal-Mart to help them with their investigation.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/09/28/counterfeit.html
Reported by: Andrea Canning
Web produced by: Neil Relyea
Photographed by: 9News
9/28/04 6:04:45 PM
Some thieves got a taste of their own "money" when they passed counterfeit bills at an area Wal-Mart store.
In a bizarre twist that involved two transactions and three different trips to the Wal-Mart Store in Westwood, employees were determined to teach them a lesson.
The employees are calling the thieves the dumbest criminals in the Tri-state.
They say they used their counterfeit money to buy items, but later returned those items to get a cash refund of legitimate bills.
But the store manager had a different idea.
"A male, black, came into the store, purchased approximately $400 worth of merchandise --a DVD player, some DVDs," said Lieutenant Russ Neville, a Cincinnati police officer.
Wal-Mart-mart management says that after the man left, an employee noticed the money was fake -- but it was too late.
They never expected what happened next.
"A female, black, came back a short time later with a receipt from that purchase and returned approximately $300 or $270 worth of the merchandise," said Lt. Neville.
Employees say she was hoping to get real money with her return, but Wal-Mart says they recognized the receipt and made the decision to give back the bogus bills.
Management says the thieves actually had the gall to come back a third time, less than an hour later to complain that they had been given counterfeit money.
The manager told them they could take their concerns to the police, and they left.
Sort of a version of, "Do unto others as they do unto you."
"I think that shows that Wal-Mart is so smart if they picked up on that," said Neville.
On the other hand, they could go spend the counterfeit money at another business establishment.
And that's something police say they're looking into -- why the store gave the money back, knowing it could end up in circulation again.
But the Wal-Mart store's management says they used a counterfeit detecting pen that left obvious black marks all over the bills, that most cashiers would pick up on.
The Wal-Mart corporation had no comment about why the bills were returned.
In the meantime police say they have no suspects at this time and plan to request surveillance video from Wal-Mart to help them with their investigation.
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/09/28/counterfeit.html
Comments
So THAT'S what it was..
I was actually stumped at why every store I visited while in the US, whenever I purchased something, would seem to mark the bills.
I was thinking it would leave one heck of a cleanup at the bank - them having to launder the money. [:I] I was wrong. hehe.
Don't do anything that I've allready done - That'd be just plain STOOOOOOPID.