Utah County officers bust counterfeit money operation

UTAH COUNTY -- Investigators in Utah County have broken up a counterfeit money ring; one they believe has been printing fake bills for as long as six months.

Take a hair dryer, a flat iron, green ink and a printer, and what do you have? According to Lt. Phil Murphy of the Utah County Major Crimes Task force, "You've got somebody that was attempting to print $50 bills using cheap, inexpensive methods."

Police believe 30-year-old Luke Millwee used chemicals to wash the ink off $5 bills, then reprinted them with $50 bill markings. It worked for several months, until a sharp-eyed convenience store clerk noticed repeat suspicious bills coming from a repeat customer.

"There were enough safety nets in place there, as far as counterfeiting prevention techniques," Murphy said.

Fake $50 bill shows the image of Ulysses S. Grant in the center and the image of Abraham Lincoln on the right. Besides being fake, there's one other thing the bills had in common: they all shared the same serial number. Another indicator: If you look at the fake $50 closely, you can see the face of Ulysses S. Grant and, to the right, the face of Abraham Lincoln.

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[nicesocialgirl]

No documentation, fees, health screens, criminal checks, identification, or tests, for people to cross or to stay in boarders. No citizenship, passport, green card, visa, or license. Right to be Anonymous.

[nicesocialgirl]

Right to counterfeit. Stop using money. no banknotes, federal reserve notes, dollar bills, credit cards, debit cards, coins, checks, age limits, curfew, documents, registration, license, degrees, diplomas, resumes, application, signup, accounts. give goods 1. who needs it the most for improving human bodily health. 2. how much they have for how much they can give out to each person and for how many people wants it.

[bigsteelguy]

@mimag99

The money isn't real anyway, only when we put our own faith and value on the money to make it real.

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[bigsteelguy]

The Federal Reserve have been doing it for years