Andrew Jackson wouldn't be proud... This convincing fake $20 bill was passed at a Butler fast food restaurant recently, but as you can see by the mark through Andrew's forehead, it didn't pass the litmus test.
Thanks to low cost, high quality printers bills like the one shown here can look like the real deal. Retailers are urged to do a pen test for authenticity and try to get as much info about who passed it as possible- although perpetrators often wait until busy times to avoid getting caught.
While the person(s) who printed the above bill did a dandy job with details, they did manage to print the backside of the bill upside down, making the forgery a dead giveaway.
For the record- conspiring to counterfeit carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and/or fines up to five years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000; each count of passing counterfeit currency carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000.
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