Santa Clarita store owners in Newhall are searching for a woman who has been paying for items with counterfeit bills.

In Newhall, Teacision manager Boston Yoon first became aware of the alleged fraud when his employee drew his attention to a $100 bill that the tea shop had just received from a customer, who was now waiting for her drink to be served.

After checking the bill and confirming that it was a fake, Yoon approached the suspect and requested that she return the change she had been given for her fake bill. She refused.

After being confronted by Yoon, the woman ran outside where a male accomplice was waiting in his car, according to the store owner.

“I grabbed her, we almost got in a fight, but when he came up I let her go,” said Yoon. “For $100, when they might have a weapon or something? No. So I let her go and they drove off.”

After the woman escaped, Yoon spoke to the manager of Sam’s Flaming Grill next door, who had come out to investigate the commotion. The manager recognized the woman from a previous incident a few weeks ago, when she had come in and paid with yet another counterfeit bill.

“This situation, where they are taking advantage of stores so close to one another,” Yoon said. “They probably live in the area and I am hoping someone will recognize them.”

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Law enforcement officials have been notified of the incident, and detectives are currently investigating, according to Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

The manager of the Sam’s Flaming Grill Newhall location that had also been victimized was not available for comment at the time of this article.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station at (661) 255-1121.

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