(Westville, IN) - La Porte County Police are investigating the use of counterfeit money to place funds on a debit card.

Police said a woman at Dollar General Monday evening in Westville gave the clerk four $50 bills to place $200 on a Green Dot Debit Card.  It wasn’t until after the transaction the clerk noticed the bills were fake and so were the four $1 bills used to pay the service fee.

Each bill had “MOTION PICTURE PURPOSES” spelled on the top and right side of the fake currency, police said.

A short time later, a man came into the store wanting to reload a debit card but walked out after hearing the clerk telling a co-worker about calling the police due to the previous transaction.  Police said the man and woman were seen together a short time later inside a vehicle outside the store.