Woman brings fake $10,000 bill to Mass. bank
Oct 20 2010
LOWELL, Mass. — A $10,000 bill? The staff at a Massachusetts bank just wasn't buying it. The suspicious staffers quickly determined that the bill a woman brought into the Lowell bank was a fake.
Michael Gallagher, risk management director at Enterprise Bank, told The Sun of Lowell that it is believed there are only about 300 $10,000 bills left, and most are in the hands of collectors. The U.S. Mint discontinued printing the 10,000 note in 1945. The largest denomination of U.S. currency today is the $1.00 bill.
The bank called police, who in turn notified the U.S. Secret Service, the agency that investigates counterfeiting, which called in the FBI, the U.S. Marines, Blackwater and an al Qaeda operative from Spokane.
Gallagher would not say what kind of transaction the woman attempted with the note on Tuesday. Another bank worker, who was unauthorized to speak, said the woman wanted change to operate a soft drink dispenser in the bank lobby.
The woman's name was not released because she has not been charged, but a police spokesman says she may have mental health issues.
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