6th-Graders Accused Of Making Counterfeit Money
Posted: 4:37 am PDT April 7, 2005Updated: 10:55 am PDT April 7, 2005
SEATTLE, Wash. -- Van and Quoc Dang still can't believe the call they received from a teacher at Madison Middle School.
The caller said the Dangs' 12-year-old nephew was suspended from school for allegedly passing counterfeit dollar bills.The Dangs told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News their nephew told them he received the money from a friend and used it to buy candy.Another middle school student told KIRO 7 she was just one of many students who received and tried to spend the counterfeit bills.Authorities say two teenagers from the school are under investigation for making and passing the "funny money" to friends, spending it at school, and at West Seattle grocery marts.One of the 12-year old suspects reportedly told police he scanned and copied cash inside his aunt's house.It was an alert school cafeteria worker who spotted the fake money.Store clerks said the money looked and felt real.Counterfeiting is a felony crime, whether the copier is a child or an adult.
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