First published by Money Metals Exchange here: https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2023/10/25/counterfeit-laws-are-for-you-not-for-uncle-sam-002855
<p><img src='https://www.moneymetals.com/uploads/content/counterfeit-laws-are-for-you-not-for-uncle-sam-social.jpg'/></p>A North Carolina man and woman were recently accused of counterfeiting $100 bills made from bleached $1 bills. The small team, with two additional co-conspirators, traveled through a few cities in North Carolina and into West Virginia spending their counterfeit hundreds. They were finally caught in West Virginia and prosecuted federally.