Woman Paid East Greenwich Massage Envy With 2 Counterfeit $100 Bills: Cops

EAST GREENWICH, RI — A woman paid for a massage at an East Greenwich massage envy with a pair of counterfeit $100 bills, police said.

An officer was called out to the Division Street Massage Envy Wednesday and learned from the manager that the day before, a customer paid for "services" two counterfeit $100 bills, according to an East Greenwich police report.

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The manager produced the bills for the officer, police said, and they "appeared to be the same size and color as legitimate U.S. currency; however, the back of each contained a marking reading 'COPY.'"

Surveillance video showed the customer in question, identified as a 53-year-old woman, "removing two bills from her purse and handing them to the employee," the report said.

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"The employee placed the bills near the register and returned $70 in change to (the woman who) then placed the $70 into an envelope, sealed it, and gave it back to the massage therapist as a tip," according to the report.

"Later that evening, another employee ... discovered the bills were counterfeit," the report said. "Following this discovery, (the manager) reviewed the surveillance footage and point-of-sale ... records. She confirmed that there had only been one transaction on (Sept. 2) involving $100 bills, which matched the video footage."

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The manager informed the officer she wanted to pursue criminal charges on behalf of Massage Envy, the report said.

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