By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

Officers from the Hays Police Department are investigating counterfeit bills turned in to Golden Plains Credit Union.

HPD Assistant Chief Brian Dawson said employees at Golden Plains last week reported receiving three counterfeit bills — two fake $10 bills and one fake $1 bill.

Dawson said the bills mostly were likely received by the bank through an overnight bank deposit by a business whose employee or employees were unaware the bills were fake.

Dawson said counterfeit bills in Hays happen from “time to time” but noted it is unusual to see fake bills in low increments and a fake $1 note is especially rare.

“Usually when we see counterfeit bills, they are in larger increments — 20-, 50- or 100-dollar bills,”  he said.