Pills, phony bills and bogus prescriptions were found today in the pockets of a Lakeland man accused of counterfeiting U.S. currency, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

June 11, 2009

A 22-year-old Tampa man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this morning to selling counterfeit money to an undercover Secret Service agent. ...more

January 22, 2009

Even though he had $2,300 cash on him, a Palmetto man tried to use funny money to pay for services at a strip club, and his scheme backfired, deputies say. ...more

December 15, 2008

An 18-year-old woman is being held on $4,000 bail today after trying to buy gold jewelry with fake $50 bills, police said. ...more

November 16, 2008

A Tampa man is accused of exchanging fake money for real cash and cocaine, affidavits say. Randall Izquierdo-Cardenas, 38, is charged with felony possession of counterfeit bills and felony cocaine trafficking. He was held at Orient Road Jail today without bail, jail records show. ...more

October 10, 2008

When they are handed cash, many cashiers around Highlands County are now taking a long, hard and close-up look at the bills handed to them. ...more

July 22, 2008

TAMPA - A batch of bogus bucks is being passed in the Tampa Bay area, counterfeit $100 and $50 bills that can pass the pen test cashiers frequently use to detect fakes. ...more

July 15, 2008

The tinted windows of a 1998 Honda Accord led to the arrest of two men on charges of trafficking in OxyContin and possessing 45 bogus $100 bills, deputies said. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - The tinted windows of a 1998 Honda Accord, say deputies, led to the arrest of two men for trafficking in OxyContin and possessing 45 bogus $100 bills. ...more

May 21, 2008

Two men counterfeited U.S. currency and tried using it at a Miami Subs shop and another business, Tampa police say. ...more

November 12, 2007