Earlier, counterfeit $20 bills were reported. In this case, a counterfeit pen won’t help detect the counterfeit money, he said, because the counterfeiters used a legitimate $5 bill, bleached it ...

Ramos used a counterfeit bill detector pen to test the money — but the mark it left behind was yellow, indicating it was real ...

Actual bills have a watermark of another ... Every garage sale host should have a counterfeit detection pen. With the real cash, the mark will disappear. A phony is now branded.

According to local law enforcement, these fake $50 bills are authentic $5 and $20 bills that have been modified. Bill-marking pens will not detect them. Sheriff Fitch suggest holding these bills ...