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2- The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday June 18, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Oakville Restaurant When you are here you are like family! Family Restaurant, Eat in, Take Out or Delivery Spotting the fakes By Melanie Cummings SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER "FREE DELIVERY" Monday thru Saturday 11am to 10pm SENIOR CITIZEN'S 10% OFF Oakville Restaurant EXTRA LARGE PIZZA (2 TOPPINGS) 10-PIECE BUFFALO WINGS $ 19.95 PICK UP OR DELIVER 905.825.1889 1470 Speers Rd. (between Third & Fourth Line) Except for the discerning eye of any numismatists in the crowd of 60 merchants at a recent Bank of Canada counterfeit workshop in Oakville, few have ever looked so closely at cash. Holding samples of phony bills up the ceiling lights in the atrium of Halton Police Service headquarters, retailers got an eyeful and earful of advice from Jodie Sales, a senior analyst with the Bank of Canada. It may only cost the treasury nine cents to produce a $20 bill, but that pressed paper is chock full of security strips, holographs and special intaglio ink to make copying their image a far more difficult endeavour for counterfeiters. It's working, said Sales. In 2004 $13.1 million in counterfeit bills circulated through Canada. More than 80 per cent were printed through a common inkjet printer. After new security measures were introduced that year, the number of phonies dropped significantly, to $3.3 million in 2007. The most popular bills replicated are $20 and $10, said Sales. Bryan Bauer, a security supervisor at Burlington Mall, has come across a series of counterfeit $100 bills in his time. At Christmas time in 2006, a man carrying several of the brown bills in his wallet took advantage of the busy shopping season, to pass off his phony currency. He purchased several small cost items, such as a submarine sandwich at one shop, a package of gum, or cigarettes at others, handing over the $100 bills as payment. That way he received plenty of change in real bills, making a hefty return on his scam. Savvy merchants reported the suspicious purchases. The bills were verified as fakes at a bank in the mall and police were called. In all, 11 phony 100 bills circulated through the mall that Christmas, said Bauer. The man was charged and convicted on eight counts of fraud. Hamilton craft store owner Donna Evans hasn't come across CHRIS KORNACKI / OAKVILLE BEAVER See Finding page 15 IS IT REAL?: Police officer Ric Judson examines a $10 bill at a public forum and training session on detecting counterfeit money held recently at the Halton Regional Police Service headquarters. e · exotic · urban · classic · contemporary *FREE INSTALLATIONS INVENTORY CLEARANCE AR e Nf fer ARANCE NC d Tim O Limite GST INCLUDED! $389 Recliner Great Values Storewide plus NO GST on all floor stock* * For new Kitchen Quotations only Sofa GST INCLUDED! $899 (*Sale Prices Include the GST) D E S I G N MANUFACTURE INSTALLATION cabinetry solutions tailored to specific needs · down to earth prices · high-tech manufacturing with old world craftsmanship and attention to detail PROUDLY SUPPORTING CANADIAN MANUFACTURERS AYA KITCHENS OF OAKVILLE 1195 North Service Rd. W., Unit #1 & #2 905.847.1522 · Fax: 905.847.1951 e-mail: oakville@AyAkitchens.com www.AyAkitchens.com 217 Lakeshore Road East Downtown Oakville Since 1953 905.844.3530 www.swissinteriors.com