Business Fraud Prevention

The Los Alamitos-Seal Beach Patch recently published an article warning area businesses about recent crimes involving the passing of counterfeit currency and bad checks.  To read the entire article, follow the link.

The following are additional resources for recognizing and avoiding fraudulent currency and checks:

United States Secret Service - Know Your Money, Detecting Counterfeit Money

Federal Trade Commission - Check that Check

United States Department of the Treasury - Answers about Forgery and Fraud