The money is fake. The charges for allegedly using it are real.
Cochrane OPP say the $5.00 and $10.00 bills were used at a business on Sixth Ave. on the morning of Tuesday, May 2nd. The investigation led officers to a 36-year-old local man. He has a court date on June 27th on one charge each of uttering counterfeit money and possessing counterfeit money.