Counterfeit Chamber gift certificates hitting area

Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Director Shelli Sayers is warning the public that counterfeit Chamber gift certificates are being used in the community.

The gift certificates are often bought in batches and given out as bonuses or rewards, Sayers said, and it appears that someone, or more likely more than one person, has copied made copies of some of the certificates. The Chamber, she added, is working with Havre Police and local businesses to get the situation resolved and the perpetrators caught.

"This is sad and unfortunate. It's really disappointing," she said, especially at this time of ye...