Counterfeit Dollars

Summary

The Counterfeit Dollars market consists of producing  and utilizing currency that was not created under the authority of the United States Government.

$61 million counterfeit dollars were passed into circulation.

Counterfeit  Market Value:
$61 Million

Source:  United States Treasury Department, " The Use and Counterfeiting of the United States Currency Aboard, Part 3" , Final Report to the Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury, September 2006, pg. 47, http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/hp154.htm (accessed: October 27, 2006).