Apr 19, 2021
A woman in Tennessee reportedly attempted to use a $1 million bill to make a purchase at a Dollar General store.
On April 5, Amanda McCormick tried to pay for several gift cards and other items using the phony money. She told police in Maryville she received the bill in the mail from a church.
McCormick said she wanted to buy items for care packages to give to the homeless. Her shopping cart had other items and gift cards for various businesses.
Another woman, Linda Johnson, who was with McCormick, told authorities she had just been tagging along to run errands and was unaware of the money.
Two Women With Counterfeit $1 Million Bill Caught At Dollar General Store
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Police said McCormick was attempting to purchase goods with a counterfeit $1 million bill
She reportedly told the responding deputy that the bill was mailed to her by a church
The women weren t charged and instead given warnings
Two Maryville, Tennessee, women were caught earlier this month attempting to use a counterfeit $1 million bill to buy items at a dollar store, local authorities said.
A deputy from the Blount County Sheriff s Office responding to an incident reportedly involving counterfeit money at a Dollar General store encountered 39-year-old Amanda McCormick and her relative, 61-year-old Linda Johnson, inside, the New York Daily news reported, citing news outlet The Smoking Gun.
Two Women Get Caught Trying to Use a Fake $1 Million Bill at Dollar General
On 4/19/21 at 4:41 PM EDT
In the latest fraud-related news, two women in Tennessee were caught trying to pay for items using a fake $1 million bill earlier this month.
According to WREG Memphis, the incident occurred at a Dollar General store in Maryville, a suburb of Knoxville. The two women reportedly tried using the bill to pay for numerous gift cards, and, when confronted, they claimed they not to have known the bill was fraudulent.
An employee, however, easily identified $1 million as fake, according to UNILAD, because $1 million bills do not exist in U.S. currency. The employee reportedly called authorities around 10 a.m. to report the suspicious incident.
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Updated Apr 18, 2021 | 15:02 IST
$1 million note, yes that’s exactly what two women tried using at a Dollar Store in Tennessee before getting caught. Two women busted after trying to spend a $1 million note
The circulation of counterfeit money has decreased during the pandemic period, but it still remains a big problem in many parts of the world.
Circulation of fake currency can reduce value and the confidence of authentic currency, thus leading to a serious economic crisis.
But even counterfeit producers follow some strict rules in order to stay undetected. For example, counterfeits are only made for those currency notes that are in circulation. And their design and appearance match the real notes.