Warning about fake money

A middle Georgia sheriff is telling local businesses to be on the lookout for counterfeit money. Bibb County officials say they've already recovered $1,000 in fake 50 dollar bills. They say a woman used the phony money to buy a designer handbag at a Bibb County Coach store. Police say mom and pop stores are hit especially hard by counterfeiters. So how do you spot fake money? Authorities say the main giveaway is multiple bills with the same serial number.

(www.Macon.com)

Woodstock man caught in counterfeit scheme

Woodstock police have arrested a man on charges of manufacturing counterfeit money out of a self-storage unit. 29-year-old Conrad Maier-Sogheg was arrested on nine counts of forgery. Investigators say the man used laser templates with images of 100, 50, and 20-dollar bills to imprint them on plain pieces of paper. He used a counterfeiting process that originated in west Africa.