After abandoning its previous plan to replace founding father, Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill, Andrew Jackson will lose his place on the $20 bill to Union Army spy and abolitionist, African-American, Harriet Tubman. Jackson will be moved to the back of the bill. His image will possibly be incorporated into the imagery of the […]
It was announced on Wednesday that convicted counterfeiter, Eugene David Downey was sentenced in United States District Court to 30 months in prison for his counterfeiting spree that spanned May 2013 until his arrest in April, 2014. According to court documents, Downey was arrested on state counterfeiting charges and convicted in May of 2013. But, […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12, 2014 — Criminals are smuggling an estimated $30 billion in U.S. currency into Mexico each year from the United States, but help could be on the way for border guards, researchers will report here today. The answer to the problem: a portable device that identifies specific vapors given off by U.S. […]
It was announced on Monday by US Atty. Karen L Loeffler of the Justice Department that three individuals were charged in two separate indictments for multiple counts of passing counterfeit money. Two of those charged were also charged with conspiring to make counterfeit currency. Anchorage resident, 42-year-old Eugene David Downey Junior, was indicted on four counts […]