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Article: Man allegedly used counterfeit bills to pay for GPS unit
- Article from:
- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- March 3, 2009
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BRAINTREE - A Boston man trying to sell his GPS unit online ended
up using the Web to track down the man who paid him in counterfeit
money and turn him in to Braintree police.
Police plan to charge a 19-year-old Brockton man for allegedly
buying the GPS unit with $240 in counterfeit bills.
A 27-year-old Boston man had advertised the GPS unit on
Craigslist and met the Brockton man Feb. 22 at the South Shore
Plaza, intending to sell it.
Police said the Brockton man, whose name wasn't released because
he has yet to be charged, gave the Boston man 12 counterfeit $20
bills for payment.
Unaware that the bills were counterfeit, the Boston man ...