{"id":51487,"date":"2025-11-18T18:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/51487\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T18:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T18:08:06","slug":"sheriffs-office-warns-about-alarming-increase-in-counterfeit-20-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/51487\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff’s office warns about ‘alarming’ increase in counterfeit $20 bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 There has been an “alarming” increase in the circulation of counterfeit money in Martin County, according to the sheriff’s office. <\/p>\n

The Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) posted a warning<\/a> to residents and businesses, saying that they’re seeing a recent increase in counterfeit $20 bills. <\/p>\n

They say local businesses have already been impacted by the fake bills, and that they can be “extremely difficult to detect at first glance.” <\/p>\n

They ask business owners to verify bills before a customer leaves, as “Suspects have taken the cash and quickly exited the store before the clerk tested the bill and determined it was fake.” <\/p>\n

MCSO provided the following tips for spotting counterfeit bills: <\/p>\n

Check for color-shifting ink. Tilt the bill and look for the number \u201c20\u201d in the lower right corner to shift color. Feel the texture. Genuine currency has raised printing and a distinctive paper feel.Look for the security thread. A real $20 bill has a visible embedded strip that glows green under UV light.Use a counterfeit detection pen when possible, especially in busy retail settings.Compare suspicious bills to a known genuine bill of the same denomination.Trust your instincts. If something feels off about the look, texture, or printing quality, don\u2019t accept the bill.<\/p>\n

If you think you or your business encountered the counterfeit bills, contact the sheriff’s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 There has been an “alarming” increase in the circulation of counterfeit money in Martin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[28842,28,1160,171,173,172,179,12758],"class_list":{"0":"post-51487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-counterfeit-money","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-martin-county","11":"tag-port-st-lucie","12":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","13":"tag-port-st-lucie-news","14":"tag-treasure-coast","15":"tag-wptv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}