Bait money
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Bait money or bait bills are used by banks to aid the tracing of bank robbers
Bank robbery
Bank robbery is the crime of stealing from a bank during opening hours. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, robbery is "the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of...

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Bait bills are bills whose serial number is recorded by the bank either by making a copy or by listing in a log book. During a bank robbery if robber has taken the bait money, details of this can be passed on to the police. If the money is found in the possession of someone or used to purchase goods then it is often easier to find the perpetrator of the bank robbery. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Chicago+Bank+Robbery+Initiative-a019569533. When the bait money has left the bank it is known as hot money
Hot money
Hot money is a term that is most commonly used in financial markets to refer to the flow of funds from one country to another in order to earn a short-term profit on interest rate differences and/or anticipated exchange rate shifts...

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It is also the title of a book by author Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins is an American mystery writer. He has written novels, screenplays, comic books, comic strips, trading cards, short stories, movie novelizations and historical fiction. He wrote the graphic novel Road to Perdition , created the comic book private eye Ms...

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