Sullivan County Sheriff warning of counterfeit bills
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Safety".
Reaching into your wallet..
You might never suspect that one of your bills "could be counterfeit".
"1"-wabash valley county..
Is dealing with a spike "in fake money" circulating.
News 10's "sarah lehman"..
Explains more.
//////// sara} across the wabash valley counties go through waves of seeing counterfeit bills.
Right now -- sullivan county is seeing more of those bills.
Sullivan county sheriff clark cottom is asking everyone to stay vigilant.
He says recently the county has seen an increase of counterfeit bills being circulated.
Cottoms says they have seen a few small purchases with them.
Like gasoline... cigarettes... or drinks.
But -- they've also seen the counterfeit money being used to purchase large things.
Cottom says someone selling their boat and someone selling their car have both been victims to the counterfeit bills.
He says they just took the first reports only a few days ago.
But -- right now they have to believe it's someone in the valley who is circulating these fake bills.
"we really want to caution citizens as they are transacting with other folks if you're taking in cash you really need to take a close look at it because there are people out here that are up to no good right now."
Coming up for you on news 10 at 6 i'll show you what you should be looking for when it comes to figuring out if these bills are real.
Or if their counterfeit.
Reporting in sullivan county.
I'm sarah lehman news 10.
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