Two Long Beach women have been arrested in a counterfeit cash operation that targeted In-N-Out Burger locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
The suspects are accused of passing the fake cash at about a dozen of the franchise’s restaurants, including a Glendale location on Oct. 21. Glendale police determined the crime appeared to fit a pattern in several similar cases.
After working with In-N-Out security team members and viewing security camera video, detectives identified the suspects as 24-year-old Auriona Lewis and 26-year-old Tatiyanna Foster, both of Long Beach.
Lewis was arrested Oct. 30 in Palmdale. She was in possession of counterfeit bills matching the cash passed in the Glendale crime, police said. In a news release Friday, police provided photos of the counterfeit $100 bills and two receipts — one totalling $5.93 for a Flying Dutchman, the other amounting to $2.35 for an order of fries.
Both were paid for with $100 in cash, the receipts indicated.
Detectives also found gift cards and transaction receipts connected to fraudulent activity when they arrested Lewis, according to police.
Foster was arrested Dec. 15.
Lewis was charged with felony counterfeiting and grand theft. Jail records indicate Lewis was released on a court order in November.
Foster’s initial court date is set for Jan. 20, according to jail records.
The hamburger chain’s history in Southern California dates to 1948, when the first stand opened in Baldwin Park.
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