Brooklyn man suspected of using counterfeit money to purchase an expensive camera was arrested Saturday evening in Valley Stream, Nassau County police said.
Police said Raymond Lewis, 46, is suspected of offered nine counterfeit $100 bills to purchase a Nikon digital camera and accessories for $864.58 about 7 p.m. at Sears in the Green Acres Mall.
Store authorities called police after suspecting the bills were forgeries.
After Lewis was arrested, officers found he had another $100 bill that is also suspected of being a forgery, police said.
Lewis was charged with 10 counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument. He was scheduled to be arraigned on Sunday at First District Court in Hempstead.
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