Richmond woman faces forgery charges after using counterfeit bills

(KRON) – Authorities arrested a Richmond woman after she made purchases with counterfeit cash, according to the Benicia Police Department. 

A Benicia grocery store called police to inform them that a woman had added $400 of counterfeit $50 bills to a spending card and returned the next day. Police contacted the suspect on her second trip and detained her.

Benicia PD said officers located counterfeit money “in plain sight” of the suspect’s car. Her car’s registration expired two years ago, police said.

According to police, the Richmond resident also violated her probation. 

The suspect, 40, was arrested on suspicion of forgery, check fraud and probation violation. Her vehicle was towed. 

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