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Sheriff: Counterfeit Bills Should Raise Awareness

March 9, 2016WKVI

Counterfeit Money The Starke County Sheriff’s Department is advising the public to be on the lookout for counterfeit bills circulating in the local area.

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Counterfeit Bills Circulating Culver Not Seen For Period

April 8, 2015April 7, 2015WKVI

Residents in Culver are being asked to be on the lookout for counterfeit bills.

According to officials with the Town of Culver, the bills are largely focused to $20 bills and higher. The counterfeit currency is said to look fairly realistic, but is missing a key watermark in addition to the reflective ink typically associated with real bills.

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LaPorte Police Investigating Counterfeit Checks

March 20, 2014March 19, 2014WKVI

The LaPorte Police Department is investigating two separate attempts to cash counterfeit checks at the LaPorte Community Federal Credit Union. An official there told police the credit union got a check in the mail from a casino for one of their customers in May of 2013. The check was for $67,000. It was made out to the credit union but was supposed to be deposited in the customer’s account, according to the police report. When credit union officials asked the customer about the check, she told them it was from her retirement fund at the casino. They later found out the check was counterfeit.

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