Watch out for this batch of fake $100 bills found in Salmon Arm

Salmon Arm RCMP seized $4,600 in fake U.S. $100 bills but not before some of them made their way into the community.

They seized the bills yesterday, Dec. 10, from a Salmon Arm home. They also found bills in two other investigation in the area, states an RCMP news release.

All the bills carry the same serial number: LB440087L.

That number has been found on other $100 bills in other provinces.

Anyone finding such bills should call their local RCMP detachment.


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Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics

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