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The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 10, March 9, 2014, Article 24

COUNTERFEITERS HIT GIRL SCOUT TROOPS

It's that time of year again - Girl Scout Cookie season. My daughter was out selling cookies for her troop this weekend. I've reminded my wife to always be careful about taking larger bills from strangers, whether at cookie sales or in our own garage sales. There are scumbags out there who will try to foist counterfeits anywhere. Every year it seem to happen to a Girl Scout Troop somewhere, Here's a sad story from California. -Editor

At least two local crooks managed to swipe cookies and cash from a Girl Scout troop in Rancho Cucamonga using counterfeit money.

The Girl Scouts had just begun their annual cookie drive. Not only did the thieves buy several boxes of cookies with counterfeit money, but they also asked for change to be made.

"The girls are heartbroken," said troop leader Cheryl Williams. "Because they do trust, this is a life lesson for them."

The incident happened last Saturday after troops set up a table outside a local grocery store. A man and woman passed off the $50 counterfeit bills within minutes of each other.

Williams says the transaction seemed innocent enough.

"(The girls) used the counterfeit pen on the money, and it worked," Williams said.

They had been on the lookout for this type of crime after another troop was hit.

The troop believes they are out a little more than $200 from the incident, and Williams said the girls are liable for that money.

To read the complete article, see: Girl Scouts troop in California duped by counterfeit money (abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=9453406)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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