Phony Bail Money ‘For Motion Picture Use Only’ Made The Rounds

TROY, MI — Bailing a relative out of the Troy lock-up facility didn’t work out well for a 41-year-old Birmingham woman on Saturday, Feb. 18. When she handed the currency over, one of the bills was a fake $100 bill, Troy police said.

Not only was it fake, it was stamped “for motion picture use only,” police said. The woman appears to have been duped, along with several parties.

The woman said she had gotten the money from her relative’s attorney, who said he’d gotten it from another client, who said she had gotten the money from a cash register at the coffee shop where she works in Macomb County.

“It appears all the parties involved did not realize the money being transferred to each other was counterfeit,” police said in a news release.

No one was charged and the money fake currency was destroyed.

Police said the U.S. Secret Service said several counterfeit bills marked for movie use only are being circulated in Macomb County.

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