The suspect returned later that day and attempted to load $140.00 onto a gift card. The suspect attempted to use seven counterfeit $20.00 to make the transactions.
On Thursday and Friday of last week, crooks in two different cities in the Ark-La-Tex passed the bogus bucksand they are most likely still trying to do so.
The authorities were already watching him closely due to a previous charge for introduction of contraband into a penal institution and possession of synthetic cannabinoids in Orleans Parish.