Businesses Seeing More Counterfeit Money

This counterfeit $20 bill was passed at the Shell station on US70 in Selma Sunday night.
This counterfeit $20 bill was passed at the Shell station on US70 in Selma Sunday night.

More and more businesses are seeing an increase in counterfeit money being passed. In recent days, businesses at the I-40/NC210 intersection and on US70 in Selma have reportedly counterfeit money has been used to pay for merchandise.

In Selma, police said a man paid for gasoline at the Shell station with a bogus $20 bill.  Police said the man entered the business, presented the counterfeit $20 in payment for $10 worth of fuel, and received $10 in change.  The clerk later noticed the bill was fake.

Selma Police have not located the suspect in the case.