The Secret Service has worked in conjunction with not only government agencies but with industry partners in coming up with preventive measures for this type of equipment to make it more difficult to use illegally to produce counterfeit currency.
Ten years ago, 1 percent of (counterfeit) bills were produced on digital equipment. These days, 56 percent are produced on digital equipment, and the technology is more accessible to the general population.
It's to protect our currency and to protect people's hard earned money.
It's strictly a countermeasure to prevent illegal activity specific to counterfeiting. It's to protect our currency and to protect people's hard-earned money.
The intention was not to create a counterfeit-proof note -- which is basically impossible -- but one that's harder to duplicate and easier to authenticate. The new designs have definitely improved upon our efforts in detection and enforcement.
[The Secret Service is] engaged in enforcement and public education -- educating banks, retailers, money handlers and the general public. It's vital that we keep the banking industry up to speed on identifying and authenticating bills.
We interviewed the pilot and he was unaware that he had wandered into restricted airspace.
I can't comment to why he wasn't flown. The medical folks that were there would have weighed more into that than our people on the scene. Decisions were made on their advice at that point.
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