It arrived on Monday at Philadelphia International Airport from Russia, officials said. The fake currency was bound for Chicago.
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CBP officers seized a combined $6,511,294 in counterfeit U.S. currency that arrived in five packages.
"These latest parcels were manifested as 'Play Money for Monopoly.' The notes were marked as prop money -- which federal law considers as counterfeit currency -- but the notes too closely resembled authentic U.S. currency," the Philadelphia CBP said in a release Thursday.
The phony money has been turned over to the U.S. Secret Service.
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According to the Secret Service, counterfeiting currency is often used to finance illegal activities, including financial fraud, narcotics smuggling, terrorism, and attacks against our nation's financial systems.
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