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Ex-MLB reliever Mateo arrested with fake $100 bills

Associated Press

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Former major league reliever Julio Mateo, now pitching in San Francisco's farm system, was arrested on suspicion of forgery last weekend after police discovered counterfeit $100 bills in his hotel room. He also was accused of using a bogus $100 bill to pay a cab fare. Rich Ferretti, Resident Agent in Charge of the Secret Service in New Mexico, confirmed an investigation was ongoing. "There are counterfeit notes involved, deceptive notes," Ferretti said Tuesday. According ...

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