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Counterfeiters like Illinois doughnut shop

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CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A Crystal Lake, Ill., doughnut shop and a children's charity are out $70 after bills in the cash register and collection box were found to be counterfeit.

Whoever was passing the bills in the community northwest of Chicago passed two bad $20 bills with the doughnut cashier sometime between noon and midnight Saturday, Crystal Lake Police Chief Dennis Harris said.

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The shop owner found the bad bills Sunday, and the next day, a counterfeit $20 and two bad $5 bills were found in a Toys for Tots collection box near the cash register, the Chicago Tribune reported.

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