The US Treasury Department estimates that as much as $200 million in counterfeit currency ...

[11 Bravo]

is circulating in the United States ... perhaps one out of every 4,000 bills.

Now, ask yourself how many pieces of paper currency have passed through your hands, and then try to calculate the likelihood that you have passed a counterfeit note.

Finally, ask yourself if you deserve to be put to death.

[nykym]

1. I believe they found that

the $20.00 bill Floyd used was in fact real.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Hadn't heard that yet...

I do know the original call was for "suspected" use of counterfeit money.

Helluva reason to kill somebody.

[lostnfound]

10. Where did you hear that? Nt

[at140]

2. I am 100% sure, NO counterfeit bills have passed through my hands in 4 years

because I have not used any paper currency in 4 years.
It is either credit cards or personal check to pay some bills.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Lately, I haven't handled hardly any paper money...

been trying like hell to go "non-contact" when making purchases.

[tblue37]

5. I am often paid in cash for tutoring. I wouldn't know if a bill was fake, unless it was

super obvious, and I am sure the people who pay me wouldn't know either.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Jared and Steve must have been working the printing presses after hours

[PJMcK]

7. I got $200 in counterfeit bills about a year or so ago

I went to a Citibank branch ATM and withdrew 10 $20 bills. When I tried to buy breakfast, the cashier said the bill I gave her was fake. I showed her the other bills and they were fakes, too.

I paid my bill with a credit card and went back to the branch and spoke to an officer. He was very cagey but exchanged the fake bills for real ones.

A friend of mine who is an FBI agent said that maybe the bank was involved with a Treasury Department experiment to see how the bills traveled through the economy. Who knows.

$200 million sounds way too low. I bet it's much higher.

[11 Bravo]

8. That was actually the top end of their estimate, but I agree it seems low.

[Mosby]

9. I took $100 in 20s to the bank to turn them in

They thought I was getting change, didn't even notice that they were fake.