Phony money passing as real cash; customers left penniless

COLUMBUS , Ohio -- There’s a new warning about the cash in your pocket.Columbus Police say they have received six reports in the last month from people reporting fake cash.The reports are from people selling goods online, mostly in Precinct 14, which is in the east Columbus area near I-270, Broad and Main Streets.“Sometimes they don’t realize until they try to spend it or deposit it in the bank,” says Sgt. Dennis Kline with the Fraud and Forgery unit at the Columbus Divis