PHONY $100 BILLS SEIZED\2 Venezuelans held; tied to counterfeit ring.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer Two Venezuelan women were being held Thursday on allegations of passing counterfeit $100 bills during a shopping spree at the Glendale Galleria The Glendale Galleria is a large 3 story regional shopping mall located in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. It is the second largest mall in Los Angeles County. It is located in Downtown Glendale. . Police officers believe the phony money is tied to a manufacturing ring in Colombia. Beatriz Rincon, 63, of Caracas and Gloria Estella Rincon Rodriguez, 46, of Ciudad Bolivar Ci·u·dad Bo·lí·var A city of east-central Venezuela on the Orinoco River southeast of Caracas. It was founded in 1764 on the narrows (or angosturas) of the river and was popularly known as Angostura. Population: 386,000. Noun 1. were arrested at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday on suspicion of burglary, possession of counterfeit currency and passing counterfeit bills, said Sgt. Rick Young of the Glendale Police Department. Officers searched a Figueroa Street Figueroa Street is a street in Los Angeles County, California. It runs in a north/south direction for a length of more than 30 miles (48 km) between the Los Angeles communities of Eagle Rock and Wilmington. hotel in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , where the pair had been staying, and found $14,400 in counterfeit $100 bills. "The U.S. Secret Service has identified the bills as originating in Colombia," Young said. Authorities also found airline tickets to and from Venezuela that the women were carrying at the time of their arrest. "They come here . . . pass their bills, take the loot and go back home," Young said. The women had spent the money at The Broadway and two mall shops - Moonlight Accessories and H2O Plus. A clerk at the department store was suspicious of the money and showed it to a security officer, who returned the bill to Rincon and told her it was counterfeit, Young said. Glendale police - who said there has been a recent rash of Latino shoppers passing counterfeit bills manufactured in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. - followed Rincon through the mall. Officers then asked Rincon to show them her money. She handed over several $100 bills, 13 of which were phony, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Secret Service officer working with police. Meanwhile, Rodriguez was arrested after authorities saw her spend three counterfeit $100 bills at Moonlight Accessories and receive change, and then spend a bad $100 bill at H2O Plus and receive $72 change, Young said. When police stopped Rodriguez for questioning, she was found to be carrying five phony $100 bills and $2,585 cash, Young said. |
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