Man Arrested for Cash Forgery in California
Posted on Dec 12, 2008 10:03am PST
Police are reporting that a man was recently arrested after he tried to pass a fake $100 bill at a Tulare's SuperTarget store this week, Tuesday. The man, 46 year old Jessi Anthony Mosqueda, committed the
white collar offense in the afternoon. Shortly after, he was arrested on suspicion of
forgery.
Law enforcement booked him at the Tulare Police Department and he was later transferred to the Tulare County Main jail.
Police arrested Mosqueda after they received reports from the SuperTarget on Prosperity Avenue that someone had manage to "exchange" a fake $100 bill on Monday and returned the next day with more forged cash. The police report did not identify whether the intent was to simply spend the bill or to exchange it for smaller denominations.
On Tuesday, when Mosqueda returned to the store, his attempt was unsuccessful. However, he still managed to leave the store. Luckily for store owners, a video camera captured his license plate numbers and police were able to run the plates to see who owned the car.
Police took Mosqueda into custody without incident and a fake $100 bill was seized as evidence of his crimes.
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