Counterfeit Bills Used at Christian Bookstore

"We're in the money" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr pool member Culinary Fool

Over in Kitsap County, business owners and everyday folks have been hoodwinked by a circulating cluster of counterfeit $50 and $100 bills. The counterfeiter(s?) responsible have printed their own fake benjamins on "washed" $5 bills, leaving only the remnants of a thin security strip and a faint, watermarked Abraham Lincoln.

Unbeknownst to local businesses, including the Joy and Peace Christian Book Center in Bremerton (for real, a Christian bookstore!), the suspects had used fake bills to purchase a small tchotchke or two and then pocketed the change.

Counterfeiting is a federal offense, and banks, businesses, and those out $100 bucks hope local investigators solve this case--soon. Especially if it's linked to solving who pulled a fast one over a Bremerton Girl Scouts in March.