Fake Dollars. At the bank a few days ago, I saw an unusual photo. Moreover, An employee behind the glass window returned a $50 bill to the customer, and he and other cash tried to deposit it into his checking account.
"This is a forgery, sir," the bank clerk said casually. -Be careful next time holding large bills in your hand. "
The owner of this ticket is an employee at the grocery store next door. He has 50 dollars in his hand and hasn't understood what happened to the bill for a long time. The portrait of Ulysses Grant is in place, and the watermark and blinking paint are also present. In the end, the store owner shoved $ 50 back into the window and asked him to recheck the bill.

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"Sir, this bill is false," said the clerk again. - "This is a very high quality counterfeit bill, but not a real $ 50 bill.
When the confused shop owner walked away from the window and it was my turn to talk to the clerks, I asked how often counterfeits came in to the bank. The clerk replied "34 times a week" and explained that "they don't even call the police because the guards don't respond to such trivial matters. Chapter
Why should I tell you this? According to the latest data from the Ministry of Finance." and the Secret Service, there are 70 million US dollars in counterfeit bills in the total money supply in the United States! This is about one in 10,000 cash (regardless of denomination). The most common counterfeits are $ 50 and $ 100.

Recently, the problem of counterfeiting has changed and is particularly prominent. Both old and new coins circulate freely. Printing technology develops rapidly and professional printers are constantly improving. That's why it's easier for scammers to print sample receipts from the 1970s, artificially age them, and try to sell them. In addition, Not all owners of the same Grosery know how to distinguish between real $ 100 bills printed in 1970 (almost half a century ago) and counterfeit bills

In the United States, the printing of counterfeit notes less than 0.1%. most cases, American counterfeiters are small-scale, unprofessional criminals who want to pay for low-quality counterfeit drugs. Also, these counterfeit products circulate in the underground world and disappear before reaching legitimate companies or banks.
The world class counterfeit dollar printing center is located in Peru. 60% of counterfeit US bills in denominations of $ 100, $ 50, and $ 20 are in the total US money supply. In recent years, the quality of
Peruvian counterfeits is so high that it cannot be recognized with the naked eye. This requires a typewriter, scanner, or marker.

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However, the Peruvian government and intelligence agencies are willing to accept bribes from the heads of criminal families. They often appoint "their" prosecutors, judges, senior law enforcement officials and parliamentarians.
Most of the counterfeit factories are located underground in the jungle. They use royal treasury equipment, including printing presses and printing plates purchased from corrupt countries around the world. Peruvians hire art teachers, designers, and other experts.
For example, in 2016, criminal geniuses who were in Europe with fake paintings have been known to counterfeit dollars in Peru. These scammers can counterfeit anything small, even completely repeating innovations introducing $ 20, $ 50, and $ 100 bills.

Generally, counterfeit currency is coming from Peru to the United States through the seaports of New York, New Jersey, Florida and Massachusetts. At the time of the declaration, they used imported pottery, clothing, toys, books, and other items as costumes.
Interestingly, counterfeit currency producers in Peru have reached agreements with cartels in Mexico, Central America, and Latin America. Peruvians are never confusing with drugs, and cartels are never confusing with counterfeit money. This is why no counterfeit banknotes entered the United States from Mexico. They are two independent criminal enterprises.
The largest batch of counterfeit currency captured by US intelligence agencies in the 21st century: $30 million. (2016).