A Pasco County woman has been accused of using her home printer - bought for her daughters - to make counterfeit money

Kelli McClain, 44, of Land O' Lakes was arrested and charged with fraud and forgery earlier this month.

The Tampa Bay Times, citing a search warrant affidavit, reported that the Pasco County Sheriff's Office Child Protective Investigations Divisions decided the remove the daughters, ages 11 and 12, because of McClain's "extensive pill use."



The girls told an investigator they had seen their mother making bills in the kitchen, between $10 and $50, and cutting them with scissors.

On July 11, according to the Times, detectives searched McClain's trash and found scrap cuttings on light green paper stock.

After her arrest, the Times said, McClain told deputies she used the fake money at a local grocery store and gas station. She said she needed the money for food.

