Crime & Safety
Woman Selling Car Got Paid in Counterfeit $5 Bills
Brookfield police are investigating a fraudulent car payment after bank found counterfeit bills.
Brookfield police were investigating a case of counterfeit money after a woman selling her car unwittingly accepted $550 in bleached $5 bills.
According to police reports:
A Gebhardt Road resident sold her car to two people for $700, but when she went to deposit the cash at , 2205 N. Calhoun Road, employees discovered $550 was counterfeit.
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The woman already signed the vehicle title and police were continuing to investigate the possible fraud.
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