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Comment on Could one legally get a hold of those bank bill dye security dye packs, dye your own legally obtained cash with it, and spend it places? Just to make people suspect you're secretly a bank robber.

Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Intentionally defacing/altering currency is a federal offence in itself. Though rarely enforced unless particularly egregious or you intend to defraud someone with it (like altering a 10 to be a 100 for example).

Aside from that, any business you attempted to spend it at could and likely would simply refuse to accept it.

At best you’d be left with a bunch of bills that can only really be exchanged for new ones at a bank. At worst you could face roughly $100 in fines+6mo in jail for each bill defaced.

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nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

any business you attempted to spend it at could and likely would simply refuse to accept it.

I forgot to put up my, “no wet cash” sign at the beginning of the summer and have been handed a few nasty bills.

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- Mirshe@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I had to make these when I sold cellphones. So much sock money.
  
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ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

you could face roughly $100 in fines

hands court clerk $10 bill with an extra 0 drawn on it

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- TheGoldenV@lemmy.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  This is the way
  
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dbx12@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
So you should obtain prop money for that to avoid charges for defacing. But trying to pay with prop money is probably attempted fraud.

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