--- title: Counterfeit Money Manufacturer Gets Prison Sentence description: Man gets 30 month prison sentence for "washing" $5 notes and printing them into over $277,000 worth of counterfeit $100's --- [![FF-PurpleBlack-2 1](https://blog.fraudfighter.com/hubfs/FF-PurpleBlack-2%201.png) ](https://www.fraudfighter.com) - Solutions - [Counterfeit Detection](https://www.fraudfighter.com/counterfeit-detection) - [Identity Authentication](https://www.fraudfighter.com/identity-authentication) - [FraudFighter ID](https://www.fraudfighter.com/id) - [UV Counterfeit Detection](https://www.fraudfighter.com/counterfeit-detection) - [Money Handling & Verification](https://www.fraudfighter.com/products/money-counters) - [Compliance & Risk Mitigation](https://www.fraudfighter.com/education/compliance-management) - Products - [Counterfeit Detection Devices](https://www.fraudfighter.com/products/uv-counterfeit-detectors) - [CT-600](https://www.fraudfighter.com/products/ct600) - [CT-250](https://www.fraudfighter.com/products/ct250) - 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[** ](https://twitter.com/share?source=https://blog.fraudfighter.com/bid/42305/Counterfeit-Money-Manufacturer-Gets-Prison-Sentence&text=Counterfeit%20Money%20Manufacturer%20Gets%20Prison%20Sentence%20-%20https://blog.fraudfighter.com/bid/42305/Counterfeit-Money-Manufacturer-Gets-Prison-Sentence) - [** ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blog.fraudfighter.com/bid/42305/Counterfeit-Money-Manufacturer-Gets-Prison-Sentence&title=Counterfeit%20Money%20Manufacturer%20Gets%20Prison%20Sentence&picture=&description=Man%20gets%2030%20month%20prison%20sentence%20for%20"washing"%20$5%20notes%20and%20printing%20them%20into%20over%20$277,000%20worth%20of%20counterfeit%20$100's) - [** ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.fraudfighter.com/bid/42305/Counterfeit-Money-Manufacturer-Gets-Prison-Sentence&title=Counterfeit%20Money%20Manufacturer%20Gets%20Prison%20Sentence&summary=Man%20gets%2030%20month%20prison%20sentence%20for%20"washing"%20$5%20notes%20and%20printing%20them%20into%20over%20$277,000%20worth%20of%20counterfeit%20$100's) ![counterfeit money](http://central.fraudfighter.com/Portals/76574/images/$100%20Features-%20strip.jpg)In another case highlighting just how widespread is the use of "washed notes", the Sacramento Bee reported today that a Lodi man had been sentenced to 30 months in prison for making and distributing over $277,000 worth of [counterfeit money](https://www.fraudfighter.com/). Court documents from the case reveal that the defendant used degreaser to strip the ink off $5 bills, and then printed images of $100 notes on the washed $5's using a color laser-jet printer. ![counterfeit currency](http://central.fraudfighter.com/Portals/76574/images/$100%20Features-%20Watermark.jpg) [Fake money](https://www.fraudfighter.com/fraud-prevention/counterfeit-money) of this type can pass many "basic" examinations that a retailer might use to attempt to [validate the note](http://central.fraudfighter.com/fraud-prevention-products/counterfeit-detection/). For example, the security strip in the $5 is in almost the same location as the $100 note (until they redesigned the $5 in 2009 and moved the strip).  Also, the watermark of Abe Lincoln's face on the $5 is difficult to distinguish from the Benjamin Franklin watermark in the $100.  Most importantly (and the reason why counterfeiters bother washing genuine notes) the washed note $100's pass the marker pen-test, since the way those pens work is that they perform a type of chemical test on the paper - which in these fake notes happens to be genuine. Fortunately, [UV Currency Detectors ](http://central.fraudfighter.com/fraud-prevention-products/counterfeit-detection/)can enable validation of washed notes.  That's because the UV fluorescent strips are imbedded inside the paper and can't be washed-off.  So, if you are presented with one of these washed $5 bills reprinted into a counterfeit $100 note, and you have our [UV-16](http://central.fraudfighter.com/fraud-prevention-products/counterfeit-detection/UV-16/) you would immediately see that the stip fluoresces Blue under the UV instead of Pink.  - [**](https://twitter.com/share?source=https://blog.fraudfighter.com/bid/42305/Counterfeit-Money-Manufacturer-Gets-Prison-Sentence&text=Counterfeit%20Money%20Manufacturer%20Gets%20Prison%20Sentence%20-%20https://blog.fraudfighter.com/bid/42305/Counterfeit-Money-Manufacturer-Gets-Prison-Sentence) - [** ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blog.fraudfighter.com/bid/42305/Counterfeit-Money-Manufacturer-Gets-Prison-Sentence&title=Counterfeit%20Money%20Manufacturer%20Gets%20Prison%20Sentence&picture=&description=Man%20gets%2030%20month%20prison%20sentence%20for%20"washing"%20$5%20notes%20and%20printing%20them%20into%20over%20$277,000%20worth%20of%20counterfeit%20$100's) - 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