1.   Alerted by the shop owner, police soon picked up five men, all Thais, on charges of passing bogus bills in Pattaya.

2.   In fact, the devices exist to bogus bills.

3.   That makes it easier for bogus bills to get paid unintentionally.

4.   When counterfeiters began producing excellent copies several years ago, Washington realized that in time there could be enough bogus bills to undermine trust in the dollar.

5.   On Wednesday, casino executives were still flabbergasted that the bogus bills went undetected at five Atlantic City casinos.

6.   Police believe the bogus bills were printed by a portable printing machine because they had all the same serial number on them.

7.   The counterfeiter received his paper from Italy and the bogus bills were distributed by the rest of the group throughout southeastern France.

8.   The monk told police he bought the bogus bills from a counterfeiter in Bangkok.

9.   That is to say, the rate of bogus bills turning up in Vietnam is no worse than elsewhere.