[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“But if the store gave her back the money, so what’s the real harm here, aside from her having a good reason to be mad until her money was returned. “

“Detained at the front of the store while told the police had been called, Ms Garcia claims that adding to her humiliation, the employees told curious customers in passing that she was busted trying to use fake money.

After two hours at the front, police arrived around 4.15am and proceeded to inspect the bills in question.”

That’s a big problem for the store! She was unlawfully detained, kidnapped!

[Balding_Eagle]

I don’t believe that ‘detained’ bit for a New York second.

Locally, our Walmart assistant manager of 15 years ran out an took down the license plate number of some shoplifters. He did not interact with the lifters in any other way.

He was fired the next morning for his actions.

This whole story is fabricated.

[zencycler]

After two hours at the front, police arrived around 4.15am and proceeded to inspect the bills in question.” That’s a big problem for the store! She was unlawfully detained, kidnapped!

No, it's not unlawfully detained. The store is supposed to detain someone suspected of passing conterfeit money. It's unreasonable to both expect a store to be right 100% of the time, and to consider it a form of unlawful detention or "kidnapping" when they are not.

Give the lady back her $200, another $200 for her time, and maybe another $200 for the inconvenience and aggravation caused by the company. That's about the most I'd support in this case.