Secret Service, APD probe counterfeiting

Secret Service, APD probe counterfeiting

Secret Service agents and Amarillo police arrested a man on a counterfeiting charge Thursday afternoon in southeast Amarillo.

About 4 p.m., the agencies were investigating a possible counterfeit currency operation at an apartment in the 3600 block of South Polk Street, according to an APD news release.

Jordan Kelly Leitner, 25, gave consent for officers to search the apartment. Officers found about $250 in fake cash and a concealed computer printer.

Leitner, who was arrested by officers, was found to have a counterfeit $5 in his pocket, police said. The bill appeared to match the other ones found in the apartment.

Officers also located forged checks that were linked to a January auto burglary in south Amarillo, police said.

Leitner was booked into Randall County jail on a charge of forgery of government security.

Investigators said the case remains open and they anticipate more combined investigations on local counterfeiting activity.

Officers reported the counterfeit money lacked certain security features of authentic U.S. currency.

For more information on how to detect couterfeit money, vist the Secret Service website at www

.secretservice.gov/know_your_money.shtml.