SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ)- Counterfeit $20 dollar bills are circulating around Shawano. Police say business owners need to be watchful for the fake money, and that can be done by just examining the bills coming in.
“Anybody that spends money should be able to tell the difference by holding it and touching it” Chief Dan Mauel said. “It does not feel how money feels.”
Chief Mauel says one concern that has been reported is that the counterfeit markers that businesses use to test if bills are fake, are showing that these bills are indeed authentic.
“The pens themselves appear to be working as they are supposed to work.”
Mauel said that employees and business owners need to trust their own judgement. “You have to use your common sense too. Just because the marker shows does not mean it is going to be a real bill.
The bills were also reported to have been cut uneven.
“It is cut bad and cut crooked. People should be able to tell just by looking at it, that it is a counterfeit bill.”
Chief Mauel says they have spoken with one person of interest about the situation.
The bills have a certain serial number on them.
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