Tag: counterfeit currency
Man denies trying to use forged cash at Brac shops
(CNS): Tyler Foster Scott from Cayman Brac denied two charges of knowingly trying to use forged CI$100 bills at two shops on the Brac last year. Scott was arrested in September 2022 after he had presented the forged cash at Blackbeard’s liquor store and then at the Market Place grocery store. Scott pleaded not guilty […]
Men arrested after cops seize forged $100 bills
(CNS): A 33-year-old man from West Bay and a 34-year-old man from North Side were arrested after police officers recovered a number of forged US$100 bills. The RCIPS said that several forged bills were found on the West Bay man who was searched at the West Bay Public Beach following a report of possible illegal […]
Man denies using fake $100 bill to buy lunch
(CNS): Reese Leon Cornwall from George Town has pleaded not guilty to three serious charges that stem from allegations he used a forged CI$100 note to buy a meal at the Sea Inn on Shedden Road last March. Cornwall is accused of not only getting his $16 lunch but the $84 in change as well […]
Cops bust Brac man over forged notes and drugs
(CNS): A resident on Cayman Brac was arrested yesterday, for uttering a forged note and various drug offences after he tried to use a fake $100 bill at two places on the island. Police said that they were called to one of the businesses where the man had attempted to use the counterfeit bill and […]
Forged CI$100 bank notes still in circulation
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crime Investigation Unit has received five reports since June of people attempting to use counterfeit CI$100 notes across the islands. One report was made in Cayman Brac and the other four in Grand Cayman. The police are urging the public to remain on the lookout for forged notes that remain in […]
Man arrested carrying $1000s in counterfeit cash
(CNS): A 52-year-old man from Bodden Town is in police custody accused of possessing several thousand dollars worth of forged Cayman Islands $100 bills. The man was arrested Sunday after a report that he had used counterfeit banknotes at a bar on Bodden Town Road and obtained property by deception. After the man was arrested, […]
Warnings issued over scam and forged cash
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crime Investigation Unit has collected a number of forged $25, $50 and $100 Cayman notes over the last week and members of the public are being urged to pay close attention to the cash they receive. The counterfeit cash comes from the notes in the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority’s “D” series, […]
Fake US$ 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 […]
Fake $25 and $100 bills in local circulation
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit and the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority collected a number of counterfeit notes last week and they are warning the public to keep alert for the forged cash. The denominations are $25 and $100, all from the “D” series, and the notes seized so far have the same serial number D/1194318 […]
Forged US and local cash in circulation
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit is warning the public that forged currency is circulating in Cayman and asking people to keep their eye on the cash they are giving and receiving. Police have received one local CI$5 counterfeit bill and have seized several different denominations of US dollars totalling $890. However, they believe there […]
Forged $50 and $100 bills recovered by police
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) has received a number of counterfeit KYD notes, which were collected last month. The $50 and $100 bills are all from the “D” series and the $50 banknotes all bear the same serial number. The police are currently investigating the incidents of passing counterfeit currency and they are […]
