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Sioux Falls Police made an arrest when someone tried to pass counterfeit money at a gas station.

On October 13, the suspect tried to use a phony $100 bill at the Freedom Valu Center on West 12th Street around 7:00 AM. 20 year-old Joshua Charles Wood of Sioux Falls was taken into custody without incident.

It’s part of a rash of counterfeit exchanges that police are trying to track. Two Culver’s Restaurants in Sioux Falls were recently targeted by counterfeiters. Lieutenant John Duprey says fast-food drive-through windows are especially prone to funny money. “That can be a very rushed time for the employees when they’re working there. If you work in the fast food industry, be as observant as you can in regard to the bills that you’re handling.”

According to Duprey, many times it’s just using your senses to be vigilant in trying to fend off the counterfeiters. “When you feel that (fake) bill, it’s crumpled so it gives that texture. If you pull a bill out of your wallet and compare the two, they do have a different texture.” Duprey also noted that there are other ways to detect those fakes. “A lot of businesses incorporate the pen to check the validity of the bills.”

Duprey provided an example of an obvious fake bill. The insignia on the back of the $100 note says, “For Motion Picture Use Only.” Sioux Falls Police is working with the Secret Service in all cases of counterfeit cash. It is not known if any of the cases are related.

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