Three months of money, money, money...
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Chicago’s International Mail Facility (IMF) have been counting a lot of money, counterfeit money, in different denominations that have been seized from parcels coming into the USA. In the past three months, officers have seized more than 100 shipments of counterfeit currency totalling more than USD1.64 million.
Daily officers at the IMF inspect packages arriving from various locations, and while some of these are stateside addresses, 20% of all international mail is funnelled through the IMF at O’Hare. From 1 January to 31 March 2021, officers seized 80 shipments of counterfeit currency, broken down in different denominations of USD 20, USD 50, and USD 100 bills, 24 shipments containing fake silver dollars and five containing counterfeit foreign currency. (ah)