3 INDICTED IN PHONY MONEY SCHEME.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer

Three men were indicted by a Saratoga County grand jury Wednesday for allegedly counterfeiting $20, $50 and $100 bills and passing the phony money in stores around the county, District Attorney James A. Murphy III said.

``We take counterfeiting very seriously,'' Murphy said.

Michael T. Gucciardo, 17, of 14 Collamer Road, Malta; Justin Kessler, 17, of 2 Deerfield Place, Ballston Spa; and Justin Furgason, 23, of 48 Middle St., Ballston Spa, were indicted.

Furgason and Kessler were indicted on one count each of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and …