$900,000 in fake bills seized from shipping container in Minnesota

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020
$900,000 in fake bills seized from shipping container in Minnesota
$900,000 in fake bills seized from shipping container in Minnesota.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized $900,000 in counterfeit one-dollar bills from a shipping container.



The bills were packed into 45 cartons in a commercial rail shipment from China.



CBP officers made the find at the International Falls Port of Entry in Minnesota.



Authorities will turn the currency over to the U.S. Secret Service.

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