{"id":9350,"date":"2011-06-10T09:06:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T13:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=9350"},"modified":"2011-06-10T09:06:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T13:06:20","slug":"police-warn-of-counterfeit-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/06\/police-warn-of-counterfeit-bills","title":{"rendered":"Police Warn of Counterfeit Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several incidents in which counterfeit U.S.  currency was offered as payment at local businesses have been reported  in recent times, police say, and members of the public should be  exercising extreme caution when accepting such notes.<\/p>\n<p>Police issued a statement yesterday advising that the counterfeit $10  and $20 notes are being tendered during transactions, although they are  of poor quality.<\/p>\n<p>Businesspersons accepting money, especially in areas with dim  lighting, should check the serial numbers, police say, and not accept  any bills if they appear to be suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is important to check the serial numbers, especially those  repeated, for example IF25476439F on the U.S. $20 currency, and on the  U.S. $10 currency some numbers are IA65277287A, JB12543863A, and  IF57252457A,&#8221; Police Affairs and Communications Officer Loretta Mackey  stated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Persons coming into possession of any suspected counterfeit notes,  whether it is U.S. or Bahamian currency, should always contact the  nearest police station or call 911.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Source: The Nassau Guardian<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police warn members of the public to exercise extreme caution when accepting U.S. cash after several incidents in which counterfeit U.S. currency was offered as payment at local businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[31,134,38],"class_list":["post-9350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-crime","tag-money","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}