{"id":504972,"date":"2026-01-10T00:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T00:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/504972\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T00:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T00:58:13","slug":"counterfeit-cash-scheme-targeted-a-dozen-in-n-out-burgers-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/504972\/","title":{"rendered":"Counterfeit cash scheme targeted a dozen In-N-Out Burgers \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/long-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long Beach<\/a> women have been arrested in a counterfeit cash operation that targeted In-N-Out Burger locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects are accused of passing the fake cash at about a dozen of the franchise&#8217;s restaurants, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/glendale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glendale<\/a> location on Oct. 21. Glendale police determined the crime appeared to fit a pattern in several similar cases.<\/p>\n<p>After working with In-N-Out security team members and viewing security camera video, detectives identified the suspects as 24-year-old Auriona Lewis and 26-year-old Tatiyanna Foster, both of Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis was arrested Oct. 30 in Palmdale. She was in possession of counterfeit bills matching the cash passed in the Glendale crime, police said. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTTk_rWD3v1\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release Friday<\/a>, police provided photos of the counterfeit $100 bills and two receipts &#8212; one totalling $5.93 for a Flying Dutchman, the other amounting to $2.35 for an order of fries.<\/p>\n<p>Both were paid for with $100 in cash, the receipts indicated.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives also found gift cards and transaction receipts connected to fraudulent activity when they arrested Lewis, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Foster was arrested Dec. 15.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis was charged with felony counterfeiting and grand theft. Jail records indicate Lewis was released on a court order in November.<\/p>\n<p>Foster&#8217;s initial court date is set for Jan. 20, according to jail records. <\/p>\n<p>The hamburger chain&#8217;s history in Southern California dates to 1948, when the first stand opened in Baldwin Park.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Long Beach women have been arrested in a counterfeit cash operation that targeted In-N-Out Burger locations in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":504973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,40889,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-504972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-glendale","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115868094120479433","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}