MEDICINE HAT
POLICE SERVICE

MEDIA RELEASE

FILE # 04-04-014169
DATE: 2004-06-18
Location: 3250-3300 DUNMORE RD SE

FRAUD

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ON 2004 JUNE 17, THERE WERE THREE COMPLAINTS OF COUNTERFEIT AMERICAN $100 BILLS AND ONE COMPLAINT OF COUNTERFEIT TRAVELLERS CHEQUE IN MEDICINE HAT.

AT 11:00 AM, MONTANA'S RESTAURANT, 400 3292 DUNMORE RD, RECEIVED ANOTHER COUNTERFEIT AMERICAN $100 BILL, SERIAL NUMBER CK45415900A. FILE: 04-14169

AT 12:00 PM (NOON), 2 MALES ATTEMPTED TO PASS AMERICAN $100 BILL AT WAREHOUSE ONE, 102 3215 DUNMORE RD SE, AND THEY ALSO TRIED TO CASH AN AMERICAN TRAVELLERS CHEQUE. THE MALES ARE DESCRIBED AS DARK COMPLEXION, POSSIBLY FRENCH ACCENT, 5'5" - 5'7", SLENDER BUILD, ONE WAS WEARING JEANS AND A BLACK SHIRT AND THE 2ND MALE WAS WEARING JEANS AND RED SHIRT. FILE: 04-14153

AT 1:00 PM, A WHITE MALE, AGE APPROX 40, 5'9", DARK HAIR, BAD TEETH AND ALSO MISSING TEETH, SCRUFFY LOOKING WENT INTO THE SHOPPERS DRUG MART, 140 3292 DUNMORE RD SE, AND PASSED A COUNTERFEIT AMERICAN $100 BILL, SERIAL NUMBER CK65202951A. FILE:04-14154

ALSO DURING THE AFTERNOON, A COUNTERFEIT AMERICAN TRAVELLER'S CHEQUE SERIAL NUMBER AW023-587-411 IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 WAS PASSED AT KELSEY'S, 300 3292 DUNMORE RD SE, BY A MALE SIMILAR TO THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN AT SHOPPER'S DRUG MART. FILE: 04-14185

SGT DAVE TOWNSEND
MEDICINE HAT POLICE SERVICE