MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. - An eagle-eyed grocery store clerk in Florida helped bust an organized counterfeit currency scheme, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.

The backstory:

Deputies say the four suspects split up and used counterfeit $100 bills to make small purchases at no fewer than nine different stores in Martin County, defrauding businesses and circulating fake currency throughout the area.

When one of the suspects tried to use one of the counterfeit bills at a grocery store, investigators say a clerk spotted the fake money and alerted their manager, who called the sheriff’s office. Image 1 of 3 ▼

Courtesy: Martin County Sheriff's Office

Wessly Aurelio Cuyuch, 31, ONeill Aubrin, 34, and Ali E. Martinez-Conde, 34, all of Broward County, were located and arrested

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