Oh, you can absolutely laser print bank notes. It used to be a thing in the 90s, either with color laser printers or color photocopiers. Of course, they're absolutely horrid fakes.

Now, the only person dumber than a criminal who would think to try this is a store clerk who would accept these. So it is not an effective crime, unless the effect you want is "jail, quickly". But it is nonetheless a real crime.

> Now, the only person dumber than a criminal who would think to try this is a store clerk who would accept these.

Not always - it'll often be safer just to accept the "money" and contact the police directly afterwards.

In the 90s it was easy cos it wasn’t wide spread so easy to get away with.

Generally counterfeiters will strip the ink from a $1 bill and print a $20 or $50 on it. This way it feels like real money. It is easily detectable if you hold it up to the light, but a cashier might not notice it right away.