{"id":158234,"date":"2021-05-18T20:42:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T00:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=158234"},"modified":"2021-05-18T21:22:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T01:22:48","slug":"chicago-customs-officers-find-685k-in-fake-cash-shipped-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/chicago-customs-officers-find-685k-in-fake-cash-shipped-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Customs Officers Find $685K In Fake Cash Shipped From China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO \u2013 At Chicago\u2019s International Mail Facility (IMF) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers process 57 million packages a year. Nightly, CBP officers usually seize 40 to 50 packages containing unapproved medications, narcotics, counterfeit jewelry, electronics and many other illegitimate goods. Other prohibited items officers often intercept is counterfeit currency. During a three day stretch, Saturday, May 15, to Monday, May 17, CBP stopped 24 packages all containing counterfeit currency totaling $685,000.<\/p>\n<p>All of the shipments were coming from China and was heading to various cities throughout the U.S., to include cities in Illinois and Indiana. All of the shipments were manifested as bar prop. Even though these counterfeits were going to be used as prop money, it is a violation of federal law to reproduce currency. Violators can be arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The currency was in the form of $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 bills. One shipment that was heading to Bronx, New York contained 976 $100 bills, while another package heading to Louisville contained 101 $20 bills and 103 $50 bills. The counterfeit currency was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Secret Service for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur CBP officers are always on the alert watching for any type of prohibited shipments that come through the IMF, \u201csaid Shane Campbell, Area Port Director-Chicago. \u201cBy stopping these shipments we are protecting our financial institutions, businesses and the public.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO \u2013 At Chicago\u2019s International Mail Facility (IMF) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers process 57 million packages a year. Nightly, CBP officers usually seize 40 to 50 packages containing unapproved medications, narcotics, counterfeit jewelry, electronics and many other illegitimate goods. Other prohibited items officers often intercept is counterfeit currency. 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