New $100 bills bound for Fed facility go missing; FBI investes
13 Oct 2012
Unknown thieves stole a "large amount" of newly-designed $100 bills bound for a Federal Reserve facility in New Jersey on Thursday, according to the FBI.
According to Frank Burton Jr, spokesman for the FBI's Philadelphia division, the theft occured between between the bills shipment landing at the Philadelphia airport on a commercial flight from Dallas at 10:20 Thursday morning, and when the shipment reached its New Jersey destination around 2:00 pm, when the courier service transporting the bills reported some missing.
Declining to put a figure to the lost amount, Burton said it was substantial.
The FBI was following all logical leads, he said.
He added, the missing bills carried a design that was not slated to reach circulation until 2013. He said they featured a large gold "100" graphic on the back, and an orange box on the front with a faint image of the Liberty Bell.
Burton said the FBI was looking at the airport employees as well as the courier.
He said people who are offered the hot cash or others with any information about the theft should call the FBI at a toll-free number.
