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Fake $100 Bills Found Along Unalaska's Captains Bay Road

Unalaska Department of Public Safety

Police are warning Unalaskans to watch for counterfeit money after $3,100 in fake bills was found blowing down Captains Bay Road last week.

A man came across the thirty-one $100 bills on Thursday while driving down the road, according to a statement from the Department of Public Safety.

He stopped and found that they looked and felt fake and then reported the situation to police.

"Officers retrieved the bills and observed the money to have duplicate serial numbers and Chinese characters imprinted on them," said the Public Safety statement. "The origin of the bills could not be determined."

Police said they're asking community members — and Unalaska's bars and liquor stores — to be on the lookout and report any counterfeit cash to the department.

Laura Kraegel reported for KUCB from 2016 until 2020. She was KUCB's news director starting in 2019. We are proud to have her back in the spring of 2023 filling in as an interim reporter for KUCB.
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