Somebody that I worked with received a fake $100 bill. He was looking at it fairly closely and something looked off, but couldn't pin point it, so he entered it in the register and then gave the customer his changed. Right after he noticed it, but by then, the guy was gone. He notified my boss right away and handed it to the police to investigate. It was really a five dollar bill, turned in to 100, undetectable by the magic marker.
Lets say, he never noticed that the 100 dollar bill was counter fit and put it into the register. Then a customer wants $100 cash back when he/she does debit, and the customer ask if he has a $100 bill. The guy I work with then gives him/her the fake counterfeit $100 bill, will the person that got the money back get into trouble. If the mistake went unnoticed as it did and slipped by, then it could have been giving to someone that does has no idea it is counterfeit. Would they be arrested and then prosecuted. Would it stand up in court.
2007-12-03 13:42:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
That counterfit bill could have easily been handed down to another customer.
2007-12-03 13:43:22 · update #1
Innocent users will not be punished. However the money will be confiscated and whoever owned it last is out $100.
2007-12-03 13:46:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a person is caught passing a counterfeit bill he is actually responsible for it, he would be apprehended and detained until the matter was resolved, but unlikely to be jailed. According to the law you are defrauding someone by giving them counterfeit money, even though it may be unknown to the person at the time.
2007-12-03 21:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by Rislone 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If not knowing was an excuse, then you would not be checking every bill 20 or greater with a magic marker would you? You'd be better off not knowing because you would be giving some people fake change while they were giving you real money and you would end up ahead.
Ignorance is no excuse.
2007-12-04 01:39:59 · answer #3 · answered by Barry C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually, if you accept a conterfeit bill and attempt to use it and it is discovered, then you would lose it and the business would turn it over to the authorities.
In the paper recently, a bank gave out a phony bill and the customer tried to use it, and the authorities confiscated it.
Knowingly trying to pass a conterfeit bill is against the law.
2007-12-03 21:50:08 · answer #4 · answered by Dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person who owns the bill when it is detected as counterfeit takes the loss. So, it would benefit someone who has a counterfeit bill to "pass" it on to someone else.
However, knowingly passing a counterfeit bill is a criminal act. Unwittingly passing it is not. Once you know you have a counterfeit, you "own" it. Forever.
2007-12-03 21:48:22 · answer #5 · answered by BC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 - The last person holding the bill loses the value that the bill represents (or that they and anyone else thought it represented).
2 - The Secret Service is VERY good at determining whether or not the person in possession of the bill is the sort of sh!tbird they're looking for.
2007-12-03 21:46:19 · answer #6 · answered by Fast Eddie B 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It can be a fine line, but if you don't know, than you don't know!
You may have to defend yourself if you are charged, and it may cost you money, but it would not be the first time an innocent person was charged of a crime.
2007-12-03 21:47:56 · answer #7 · answered by southwest 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unlikely you would be prosecuted. There has to be intent to defraud. If he knew it was counterfeit and passed it off, then he could be charged.
2007-12-03 21:47:43 · answer #8 · answered by Dan H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well if you dont honestly know you cant get in trouble.
At least thats my view on the matter.
But if you knew then you are doing something wrong on purpose and you are breaking the law willfully.
2007-12-03 21:46:29 · answer #9 · answered by Kratos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋