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By Shaun Penner
Counterfeit Currency

Grande Prairie pair face additional charges in counterfeit money investigation

Dec 16, 2019 | 12:52 PM

Two Grande Prairie residents are facing additional charges in relation to a counterfeit money investigation.

This time from the other side of the province.

31-year-old Kevin Charles Ross Dewar and 26-year-old Danielle Taylor Marie Greer have each been charged with a count of uttering counterfeit money and possession of property obtained by crime by Lloydminster RCMP. These charges come in addition to the numerous counts they were charged with, following their arrests outside a Wembley home on December 5.

Lloydminster police laid the charges following an investigation into several cases of fraudulent money being used at several businesses in the Border City.

The two were originally arrested and charged as a result of an investigation into a counterfeit currency operation by Grande Prairie RCMP less than two weeks ago. At the time of their arrest on December 5, police allege to have seized $2600 in counterfeit American cash, $50 dollars in counterfeit Canadian currency, and several sheets of uncut counterfeit U.S money.

A stolen truck was also recovered at the scene. Inside the truck, police found several stolen license plates, as well as printer ink cartridges.

RCMP then searched the home in Wembley, which turned up another $1300 in counterfeit US currency, as well as printers and supplies.

Both Dewar and Greer appeared in Grande Prairie Provincial Court on December 9, and will now appear in Lloydminster Provincial Court on January 7, 2020.

If you suspect money may be counterfeit, Lloydminster RCMP have provided a list of security characteristics to look for on both Canadian and American money:

Canadian Currency

  • Raised ink on the large denomination in the corner
  • Raised ink on the words “Bank of Canada” and “Banque du Canada”
  • In the hologram, look at the numbers that match the note’s value.

US Currency

  • Hold the note to light to see an embedded thread running vertically to the right of the portrait. The thread is imprinted with a small US flag in an alternating pattern and is visible from both sides of the note. The thread grows yellow when illuminated by ultraviolet light.
  • Tilt the note to see the denomination in the lower right corner on the front shift from copper to green.
by Shaun Penner