According Sheriff PIO Chris Hewitt, Copperopolis was the only town within Calaveras County to recieve counterfeit money.
It was reported that Lake Tulloch Resort received $660.00 in counterfeit $20.00 dollar bills. According to the police report the money from the Resort was reported on Monday June 25, 2012 two days after the BUMP V event. Hewitt stated that the report said in part, that the money looked to be printed on fake paper, washed, and had an odd green tint.
In addition to the counterfeit $20.00's received was a report of a modified $5.00 bill passed at the Copperopolis Shell station. The $5.00 had reportedly been modified to appear as a $100.00 bill.
Hewitt impressed that businesses can protect themselves with the use of a counterfiet detector pen. Though he pointed out that the pen may have not worked on the altered $5.00 bill.
The money will be turned over to the Secret Service, as their 'sole purpose is to suppress counterfeiting of US currency.'
For other ways to detect counterfeit money visit http://www.secretservice.gov/money_detect.shtml
