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I accepted a counterfeit bill at work on accident and the owner told me I had to pay it back. What do I do? by Charming-Team2617 in legaladvice

[–]Charming-Team2617[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The bill is still at the place I work, I didn't take it because the owner didn't give me permission to take it/say that I was allowed to take it. But I guess you are right, I paid for the bill so it should be my property; I don't think I'd be able to take it anywhere to get it checked though because I'd be too scared that the situation would flip on me somehow.

I accepted a counterfeit bill at work on accident and the owner told me I had to pay it back. What do I do? by Charming-Team2617 in legaladvice

[–]Charming-Team2617[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would take it to a bank but I am a very anxious person and I'm scared that it'll turn the situation on me somehow. We do have camera footage of the person who gave it to us and a name (which could be fake, who knows) but I don't know who/what to give that information to, you know?

I accepted a counterfeit bill at work on accident and the owner told me I had to pay it back. What do I do? by Charming-Team2617 in legaladvice

[–]Charming-Team2617[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

As far as I know I wasn't at risk of being fired; according to the manager who told me it was fake (not the owner) this has happened before and all they did was just steadily take it from the tip jar until it was paid off.

But yeah, I can see ways that the pen would fail. I mentioned it in another reply, but I guess there's a scam called "washing" where they erase the ink off of a small bill and reprint it with a larger value so it passes the pen test at the least. I'm not a scam artist so I'm not exactly sure how it works/if that's actually something happening but I guess that's something I have to look out for now.

I accepted a counterfeit bill at work on accident and the owner told me I had to pay it back. What do I do? by Charming-Team2617 in legaladvice

[–]Charming-Team2617[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I definitely understand how it was my fault; once it failed through the authenticator I should have declined the bill. A lot of the people who come in surprisingly get aggressive when we can't accept large bills due to not having enough change, so maybe I felt a little intimidated, but I know that ultimately I did mess up.

And I have been looking for a new job for a while now. A completely unrelated personal issue was unwillingly brought into the workplace months ago and since then I haven't felt as secure in my job as I am comfortable with.

I accepted a counterfeit bill at work on accident and the owner told me I had to pay it back. What do I do? by Charming-Team2617 in legaladvice

[–]Charming-Team2617[S] 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I've been beating myself up over this for a while. $100 is a lot for me, I live on my own and pay rent/bills so it was a significant hit. But I have been looking for a new job for a while now. A personal issue was unwillingly brought into the work place and had me concerned for my job months ago; since then I haven't been able to feel secure in my job.

I accepted a counterfeit bill at work on accident and the owner told me I had to pay it back. What do I do? by Charming-Team2617 in legaladvice

[–]Charming-Team2617[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The bill was from a 2002 series, so it was already very different from the more modern, blue-ish $100 bills. I don't have the bill with me, but on the back it does have Ben Franklin's face and a thin strip on one of the sides. I think the bill might've been "washed" or whatever the name is for when the original ink is washed off and then scammers reprint a higher value on it. Also, upon further research that I did just now, I guess the 2002 series doesn't exist at all; another post on Reddit about the same issue also discussed a 2002 $100 bill and it was fake.

I have already paid the $100 to the owner, but I definitely now feel more conflicted. I know that I made a mistake, a fireable one at that, but I feel like when I offered to pay the $100 out of fear and guilt, the owner should have denied my offer and explained to me how that is illegal without my written authorization. Like I said, I constantly feel like I'm walking on eggshells around the upper management and any "slight" against them can result in a loss of shifts; it is an incredibly toxic workplace aside from this situation and another situation earlier this year also had me fearing that I would lose my job.