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• The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 32, August 12, 2007, Article 26
  

  CANADIAN COUNTERFEITERS SWITCH HOLOGRAPHIC STRIPS
  

  Crooks in Canada are playing switcheroo with a real security feature
  on Bank of Canada notes.
  

  "The RCMP are warning the public to be wary of funny money sporting
  a genuine security feature.
  

  "Counterfeiters are stripping the holographic stripes off of lower
  denomination bills and gluing them onto poor quality $20, $50, and
  $100 notes, according to the RCMP Bureau for Counterfeit and
  Document Examinations (BCDE).
  

  "What’s more, the crooks are taking the genuine notes without the
  holographic stripes to banks to be replaced, or pasting $20 stripes
  on counterfeit $20 notes, then returning the damaged bills to the
  bank.
  

  "The majority of incidents have occurred in Alberta but the bills
  have also popped up in B.C., Ontario and Quebec.
  

  "The public and merchants should be on the alert for bills which
  have a genuine holographic stripe with a lesser denomination than
  the actual bank note."
  

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• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v10n32a26.html

Date published

• 2007-08-12

Volume

• 10

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