AUSTIN — An Albert Lea man was arrested at the Mower County Fair Sunday for trying to pass counterfeit money at a food stand.

Mower County Sheriff Terese Amazi said deputies questioned the man about several fake $20 bills he tried to use at about 4:15 p.m. Sunday. The suspect allegedly told police he received that money from a different vendor, but deputies found several more counterfeit bills in the man’s wallet.

The suspect had about $340 in counterfeit bills, some of them with the same serial number. The U.S. Department of the Treasury issues different serial numbers for each bill.

Amazi said the suspect was taken to the Mower County jail pending formal charges. He is expected to be charged today.