Marine investigated in counterfeiting scam

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Marine investigated in counterfeiting scam
By David Allen, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, February 24, 2008

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — An unnamed Marine on Okinawa is the target of an investigation into a counterfeiting scheme, Okinawa police say.

According to police, the Marine, believed to be in his early 20s, passed dozens of bogus $20 bills at off-base stores in the central Okinawa city of Uruma, which hosts several Marine bases.

However, Marine officials deny Japanese press reports that the man is being held by military police.

“There have been no arrests made in conjunction with the alleged counterfeiting incident,” Marine officials wrote last week in an e-mail response to Stars and Stripes.

“The investigation is ongoing, and the Marine Corps and Naval Criminal Investigative Service are fully cooperating with the Okinawa Prefectural Police in the investigation. As a matter of policy, we will not release information concerning ongoing investigations.”


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