Counterfeit Cash in Madison

Posted Wednesday, November 7, 2012 --- 10:55 a.m.

Incident Reports from the Madison Police Department:

Incident Type: Fraud

Incident Date: 11/03/2012 - 4:32 PM

Address: 619 State St. (Sunshine Daydream store)

Suspect(s): Male, white, 20-years old, 5'10", 160 pounds, light brown to blonde hair, wearing bandanna around head, green coat and carrying a backpack.

Details: A State Street business employee contacted the MPD on November 3rd to report that 7 phony $10 bills had been discovered in the Sunshine Daydream receipts.

He believed the counterfeit money was used by a customer on November 1st to purchase a glass pipe and a lighter. The bills all had the same serial number: JG29413706.

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Incident Type: Fraud

Incident Date: 11/03/2012 - 2:58 PM

Address: N. Lake St. near Langdon St.

Suspect(s): Male, black, early 20's, 6', average build, wearing basketball shorts, sneakers and a sweater.

Victim: Female, age 25, Madison

Details: In the end, she got only $20 for her $120 computer monitor. That's because the man who purchased it gave her one real $20 bill and 5 fakes. The 25-year old victim had advertised the like-new monitor on Craigslist and was contacted by a man willing to pay the full asking price.

She met with him near her downtown residence Saturday and he handed her 6 bills. Shortly after he left with her monitor, she realized the only legitimate 20 was the one on top of the stack of 6. The bogus 20's all had the same serial number: JG05178338B.


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  • by Jerry Location: Madison on Nov 7, 2012 at 04:20 PM
    We have a report in to the North Madison Police about 2 more $20 bills that were passed around on the North Side of Madison on November 4th. Serial number JG82605178A

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