marked bills
Traced ransom payment
Marked bills are paper currency that has been secretly identified—through serial number records, invisible ink, dye packs, or other tracking methods—to trace its movement after a crime.
Law enforcement uses marked bills in sting operations and ransom payments: The kidnapper was caught spending marked bills from the ransom.
The marking proves possession of specific money tied to a specific crime.
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- tracedFollowed back to origin
- paper trailDocumentary evidence chain
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- ransom demandPayment required for captive
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marked billsunmarked bills
Currency lacking identifying features
laundered money · cryptocurrency · cold cash · bearer bonds · gold
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