Fake US$ being spent in Cayman
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crimes Investigations Unit said that they had received three separate reports of counterfeit money being circulated in Cayman. The notes, which are US$100 bills and other smaller denominations, are not the first reports this year of fake cash being used in the community. Investigators are urging the public to be vigilant when exchanging money and compare the notes they receive with ones that they already have.
“If you believe that you have been given a false note, please do not attempt to spend the note, but instead report the matter to the police and turn the note over to the police,” a police spokesperson stated, adding that knowingly “uttering a false note” (using fake cash) is an offence in the Cayman Islands.
The find out more about US counterfeit notes and how to identify them, visit the US government’s US currency education website here.
Do the banks provide pens that can detect fakes?
We took quite a bit in US last weekend and segregated it all acording to customer and transaction.
No one does currency checks here so its easy to spend that homemade cheddar.
“… not the first reports this year of fake cash being used” But no need to advise the public…. Doh
Why is this a secret?????
It would be helpful if the Crimes Investigation Unit gives details of the actual counterfeit notes to assist the public in identifying them.
We went to Canada earlier this year and had $100 canadian bill confiscated by a bank there because it was fake. And we bought our Canadian cash straight from Butterfiled Bank GT branch!!!
Jokes on you hoss.
Did you report this to CIMA and the bank?
Gimmi dolla nah?