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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 34, August 21, 2016, Article 36

PET MONKEYS BOUGHT WITH COUNTERFEIT CASH

I guess when counterfeiters aren't shoving their wares at Walmart or Girl Scout cookie stands, they're shopping for exotic pets. Here's one of the stranger purchases I've seen, reported by a Houston, TX station. -Editor

Phoney Money & Monkeys Police have launched a counterfeit money investigation after two baby monkeys were sold to someone here in Houston. The woman, who brought the vervets, or green monkeys, says the buyer paid her with phony money and she's now concerned about the animals' well-being.

"I don't feel like somebody that stole them and that lives that type of lifestyle is probably going to be taking very good care of them," Tracie Perry explained.

Perry is a licensed USDA breeder, broker and transporter, and she drove the monkeys to Houston from a licensed breeder in the Rio Grande Valley. She showed Eyewitness News the USDA paperwork signed by the buyer, who paid $6,750 for the two monkeys on July 31. However, when Perry stopped at a bank in Illinois on the way home on Aug. 3, she found out most of the cash was fake.

"[I was] kinda stunned and then everything happened so fast, I didn't have time to think until later," she said.

This Illinois police report shows how Perry received almost $6,000 of high-quality counterfeit cash. She was interviewed by police and federal investigators but she was not charged with a crime. Her case has been referred to the Secret Service.

Perry, who says the buyer's cell phone has since been disconnected, came back to Houston Monday while making another transport to try to find the buyer. But so far, no luck.

"We can't find her. We don't know if they're okay. It's just a frustrating circle going round and round trying to make sure that at least the monkeys are okay," she said.

To read the complete article, see:
FEDS LOOKING INTO CLAIM OF COUNTERFEIT CASH USED TO PURCHASE PET MONKEYS (http://abc13.com/news/counterfeit-cash-allegedly-used-to-buy-monkeys/1471149/)

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