Show much spurious currency Is being floated in U S large quantity of miscellaneous materials and paraphernalia A large percentage of the men held for counterfeiting were convicted methods of detecting counterfeits vary widely generally speaking a counterfeit investigation Is begun when ben spurious money Is known to have been passed or when an attempt has been made to pass it it much bluch of it Is prepared by tile the photoengraving photo engraving process precess and Is easily detected sioney money made from engraved plates usually g gets by until it reaches banks in a few cases counterfeits have been accepted even by banking experts gets anonymous tips information concerning counterfeiting operations Is sometimes received liy by the secret service from a anonymous 11 ony sources sometimes as a result of investigations of other crimes crime s by y local police sometimes from persons seeking revenge capture of counter felt money plants Is thus sometimes possible before notes or coins actually have been put into circulation only in rare instances does the counterfeiter escape in normal times he be Is very soon caught under present conditions chief moran said he Is able to remain at large for a longer period because of the large volume of counterfeiting the public Is warned from time to time by the secret service of the presence of bogus money in various parts of the country formal notices are given to the press together with a complete description of the spurious currency and the defects by which it may be detected |