Counterfeit

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Oct 23, 2022 · 3m

In most crime shows there is at least one episode involving something counterfeit: currency, artwork, even identities. While many of these shows depict the criminals using state-of-the-art technology to create their fakes, they are really just using the newest toys to commit the oldest crimes. People have needed a way to spot forgeries for ages. But how do they do it? I once heard a story about an FBI agent who talked about methods of spotting counterfeit money. Holding up a crisp twenty-dollar bill, the agent said the best way to catch a fake was to study thisthe real thing. They don’t study…