Child’s Play With Fake Bills Nets Grandfather

A man’s grandchildren helped land him in jail after they brought $1,100 in counterfeit money to school.

School officials called police after a 7-year-old girl showed a handful of $100 bills to classmates, Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Tom Letras said.

The second-grader and her 5-year-old brother told police they took only a few $100 bills from the pile stored in grandpa’s van.

Police said they found Jose Luis Landeras, 42, a few hours later, stuffing moneymaking material down his pants. He was arrested on suspicion of making counterfeit money and spending it from Ceres to Los Banos over the last seven months. Police said they confiscated $2,000 in phony bills.