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Current Trends in Counterfeiting<br />
U.S. Secret Service<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> Field Office<br />
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Counterfeit Flow<br />
FOREIGN<br />
FRB<br />
CITIZENS<br />
<strong>USSS</strong><br />
LARGE<br />
BANKS<br />
POINT OF<br />
SALE<br />
LOCAL<br />
BANKS<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Counterfeiting Methods<br />
“TRADITIONAL”<br />
COUNTERFEITING<br />
• Primarily Foreign<br />
• Large Equipment<br />
• Higher Volume<br />
• “Technically Pr<strong>of</strong>icient”<br />
“DIGITAL”<br />
COUNTERFEITING<br />
• Primarily Domestic<br />
• Office Equipment<br />
• Smaller Volume<br />
• “Amateurs”<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Counterfeit Production<br />
TRADITIONAL PRINTING PROCESSES<br />
� OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY<br />
� TYPOGRAPHY<br />
� INTAGLIO<br />
� SCREEN<br />
DIGITAL PRINTING PROCESSES<br />
� INKJET<br />
� TONER<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
Traditional Printing Processes<br />
� COMMONLY USED FOR COMMERCIAL PRINTING<br />
INCLUDING NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND POSTERS<br />
� REQUIRES LARGE EQUIPMENT AND TECHNICAL<br />
EXPERTISE<br />
� REQUIRES PHOTOGRAPHY AND PRINTING PLATES,<br />
NEGATIVES, ETC<br />
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
Circular Classification System<br />
� BASED ON IDENTIFIERS AND DEFECT TRANSFER<br />
� USED TO HELP ASSOCIATE COUNTERFEIT NOTES<br />
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD BACK TO THE ORIGINAL<br />
COUNTERFEITER<br />
� ALSO USED FOR GATHERING COUNTERFEIT STATISTICS<br />
FOR INVESTIGATIVE AND SENTENCING PURPOSES<br />
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Identifiers<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting<br />
DENOMINATION<br />
SERIES YEAR<br />
FEDERAL<br />
RESERVE BANK<br />
CHECK LETTER<br />
QUADRANT<br />
NUMBER<br />
FACE PLATE<br />
NUMBER<br />
BACK PLATE<br />
NUMBER
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting<br />
FP<br />
Same Defects
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting<br />
BP<br />
Same Defects
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Treasury Seal<br />
Same Defects<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Traditional Printing<br />
Common methods used in Traditional Counterfeit production<br />
� Use <strong>of</strong> “bleached” genuine US and foreign currency<br />
paper<br />
� Printed simulations <strong>of</strong> the security features<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Traditional Printing<br />
Genuine Counterfeit<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Venezuelan 10 Bolivar banknote<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Foreign currency<br />
security fibers in<br />
counterfeit<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Digital Printing<br />
INKJET TONER<br />
Computer Printer Copy Machine<br />
All-in-One Device Laser Printer<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Digital Printing Processes-<br />
� Quality varies greatly<br />
Inkjet and Toner<br />
� Often no attempts to simulate any security features<br />
� Random “dot” pattern<br />
� Black toner appears glossy and shiny<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
INKJET<br />
COUNTERFEIT<br />
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Inkjet Counterfeit<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting<br />
GENUINE
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Toner Printing<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Inkjet Printing<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
Inkjet Printing<br />
Current Trends in Counterfeiting
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States<br />
Secret Service<br />
QUESTIONS?<br />
U.S. Department <strong>of</strong><br />
Homeland Security<br />
United States Secret Service
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