Counterfeit Money Used To Buy Girl Scout Cookies???
What is this world coming to when even Girl Scout Cookies aren't safe? In Washington, somebody has been passing fake twenties to get their cookie fix:
Trooper leader KC Gettings made the discovery Saturday while making change.
"I went to the bank, right inside Safeway, and she told me two of the $20s were fake," said Gettings.
Gettings quickly left, returning with a counterfeit detecting pen. Its mark shows yellow on real U.S. currency, but the mark turns black on fake money. She discovered an additional $60 in fake bills.
That brought the total to $100 Troop 40411 may make up themselves. Two of the bills even had the same serial number. Troop 40411 isn't alone; others around Bremerton invested in the pen.
"Another troop has come to buy them because they noticed they were getting fake money," said Gettings. She said they're being told to stop accepting $20 bills unless they use the pen.
But who is passing the fake money is still a mystery. Silvia Swanson knows what she'd do if they try again.
"I'd call the cops, that's what I'd do — call the cops," said Swanson.
Listen, don't even tick off the Girl Scouts. They'll tie you up using the skills learned when they earned their Knot Tying badge, and then they'd work real hard on getting their Butt-Whuppin' badge, and they'll finish off with earning their Oh No You Didn't badge.
But here's the kicker...what happened when the troop leader tried to report the crime?
Troop leader Gettings tried to report the crime, but the local police station is closed on weekends. She planned to file a report on Monday.
What in the world! What kind of police station takes the weekend off? Let me see if I can channel the criminal mindset here..."I think I'll steal this car, but I'll wait until Saturday morning when the popo are gone fishin'. And nobody can even report it until Monday! Ahahahaha!"
But the good news is that the little girls earned a Fraud badge for helping uncover the crime, which will go right beside their Entreupenur badge for selling the cookies to start with and their Super Cuteness badge for being so darn irresistible with their little boxes of crack cookies. I tried to resist, but they drew me in yet again. Darn you, Samoas, and your evil little friends Do-Si-Dos! Darn you all to heck!
