FBI detective

Chapter 824 [Twenty Dollar Counterfeit Bill Case]

A temporarily borrowed office in the FBI Washington headquarters building.

"The trace examination department has discovered new information."

Seeing Michelle say this with a serious face, Trick Kennedy was stunned for a moment. Luo An frowned slightly and asked:
"Isn't it the guy with glasses, Janito, who was all over the place after being blown up by the grenade?"

Michelle was stunned for a second when she heard this. After she realized what was happening, she shook her head and walked aside to make way.

"That's not the case. As for the specific situation, the detectives from the Trace Examination Department are already here. Let them explain."

Michelle opened the door, and two detectives from the Trace Examination Department, a man and a woman, walked in one after another. After entering the room, they greeted Trick Kennedy first:

"Good afternoon, sir."

Trick Kennedy nodded and asked directly:
"What did you find? Any new types of reading material?"

"No, it has nothing to do with reading."

The female agent placed the briefcase she was carrying on the table and slowly took out a transparent evidence bag from it. Inside the bag was a twenty-dollar bill.

"Twenty dollars?"

Trick Kennedy frowned slightly, took the evidence bag and examined it carefully. Luo An quickly understood and asked:

“Is this counterfeit money?”

"Yes."

The female detective from the Trace Examination Department nodded seriously and introduced:

"Team Leader Luo An, your operation ended last night. Initially, our Trace Inspection Department only found the reading materials downstairs in those warehouses.

This morning, one of our agents accidentally discovered a secret room in an underground casino belonging to the Giannido gang.

In addition to some chips and some cheating equipment that are essential for casinos, there were also more than 500,000 US dollars in the secret room. We thought that the money was the casino's gambling money.

After careful inspection, it was discovered that of the $540,000, only $40,000 was genuine, and the remaining $500,000 was counterfeit, all in denominations of $20.

"Fake bills totaling half a million dollars?!"

After the female agent finished her introduction, Trick Kennedy's face darkened instantly. Luo An remained calm and asked:

“What does the counterfeit bill look like?”

The male detective next to him looked serious and said:

“It is very similar to real banknotes and is almost impossible for ordinary people to distinguish without the help of banknote detection equipment.

We almost didn’t even notice the problem at first without careful inspection.”

The male agent then took out a folder from his briefcase and said in a deep voice:

“In addition, a counterfeit bill case also occurred in California three years ago.

The counterfeit money in this case was also twenty dollars, and the counterfeit money was also made with great skill, making it difficult for ordinary people to distinguish.

However, the total amount of counterfeit money in that case was not large, and did not exceed one hundred US dollars in total.

For some reason, the case was never solved, and there were not many clues, only a few counterfeit banknotes were preserved. "

Trick Kennedy was still carefully examining the counterfeit bill and found nothing wrong with it. Roan took the folder and asked as he examined it:
"Are you sure that the counterfeit bills we found today were made by the same group of people as the counterfeit bills found in California three years ago?"

The male agent shook his head and explained:
"We are not sure yet. The Trace Inspection Department does not have a deep understanding of counterfeit banknotes. It is only because the production techniques of both are very advanced that we have such doubts."

"OK, thank you for your hard work."

After a brief discussion, the male and female detectives from the Trace Examination Department turned around and left the office, while Luo An left the folder and a counterfeit bill behind.

Looking at the counterfeit bill in Luo An's hand, which he had checked for a long time but found no problem with, Trick Kennedy frowned and asked in a serious tone: "Luo An, what do you think about these counterfeit bills?"

"There are very few clues at hand, and I haven't thought of anything yet."

Luo An picked up the counterfeit bill and looked at it in the sun, but he didn't find anything wrong with it. He didn't even feel anything unusual. He was silent for a while, then raised his eyebrows and smiled:
"Sir, I will contact the state of California and have someone retrieve the counterfeit bills from three years ago.

Then I plan to ask some currency experts to check whether the counterfeit banknotes of that year and the counterfeit banknotes we have just discovered are made using the same techniques.

However, I don't know many currency experts, so I hope you can provide some help."

"no problem!"

Trick Kennedy smiled and nodded, agreeing without hesitation.

After a brief discussion, Trick Kennedy left the office with a frown. He thought that the case was over after the gang members and drug dealers were caught, but he didn't expect that there would be new discoveries later.

After pondering for a few seconds, Luo An also walked out of the office. After listening to Luo An's introduction, the detectives in the office area looked at each other in surprise. They also did not expect to find counterfeit money in the casino.

After taking the counterfeit bill and examining it carefully for a long time, Lacey was full of doubts:
"Luo An, are you sure this is counterfeit money? It seems to be no different from the real money. Could it be that the trace examination department made a mistake?"

Chenier rolled her eyes at Lacey, reached out and grabbed the twenty dollars, looked at it carefully for a few seconds, and still found nothing wrong. She said with a strange look:

"There's nothing wrong with the watermark, texture, or feel... Which gang has such advanced technology? It doesn't look like a fake bill."

"Show me again."

Lacey reached out and snatched the counterfeit money again:

"This is the first time I've seen such a realistic counterfeit bill. The other party is really amazing."

"Don't grab it, it's the first time I see it too!"

Chenier and Lacey started arguing. Mona glanced at them and didn't bother to pay attention to them. She looked at Luo An and asked:

"Luo An, what should we do next?"

Luo An took a sip of coffee and said with a smile:

"No rush. First, take care of the flour downstairs, as well as the book dealers and gang members who are temporarily detained in the prison, and then investigate this counterfeit money case."

This counterfeit money case happened suddenly and no one expected it. In addition, the nature of the counterfeit money case meant that it would take a lot of time to investigate, so Trick Kennedy was not in a hurry and Roan was also prepared to deal with the case at hand first.

"correct."

Luo An's eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly remembered the information in the folder. He clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention and said:
"When interrogating the criminals under Janido these days, ask them if anyone knows where the counterfeit money came from, and try to get some clues."

"clear."

"no problem!"

The detectives nodded in agreement, chatted and laughed for a while, and then began to deal with the follow-up work of the case again.

Not long after, the press conference officially started downstairs. The media did not see the person they most wanted to see, team leader Roan Greenwood. They were all disappointed and the originally warm atmosphere at the scene cooled down a lot.

Trick Kennedy, standing in front of the media, was quite speechless. However, in the office upstairs, Roan was in a quite good mood.

In the office, Luo An closed his eyes and pretended to be resting, but in fact he was checking the light blue system page in his mind.

After the [Polonium 210 Case], Luo An experienced the [Murder of the Granddaughter of the President of a Toy Company], in which the murderer brought it upon himself; the [Slit Throat and Footprint Death Case] ​​which was related to the Trial Process Church; and the [Balloon Case] ​​in which a couple was murdered, which evolved from a small case into the destruction of three gangs.

After the [Deputy Governor's Heart Transplant Murder Case], Luo An discovered that the more treasure chests he accumulated, the higher the probability of getting the potion he wanted later.

After taking a few deep breaths, Luo An alerted himself and opened the first treasure chest.

(End of this chapter)