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    Apr 4, 2009, 09:48 PM
    Can I be charged for stealing FAKE (counterfit) money from my workplace?
    So I have a new job and in the break room there was a counterfit 100$ bill for display. I took it, thinking that well its not real, its like play money, like monopoly. Or so I thought, now they are saying that I am going to be criminally charged! Can they do this? And if so, what will I be charged with?
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    Apr 4, 2009, 10:01 PM

    Theft!

    You took it, you didn't ask, doesn't matter if it was counterfeit or real.

    Stealing is stealing.

    Why did you think it was counterfeit?
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    Apr 6, 2009, 11:05 AM

    Helping oneself to items that are not theirs is called theft regardless if the item is genuine or fake.
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    Apr 6, 2009, 08:17 PM

    I guess he was going to try and palm off the $100 on one of his friends otherwise why steal it? I don't think he was going to take it home and frame it and hang it on his wall.
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    Apr 7, 2009, 05:18 AM

    You took something that wasn't yours. That's stealing.

    What would you call it?
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