Recently, counterfeit US$500 denominations have appeared.

(Photographed by reporter Liu Qinghou)

[Reporter Liu Qinghou/Taipei Report] Recently, the No. 1 Brigade of the No. 7 Security Corps and the Bank of Taiwan discovered many cases of people holding counterfeit U.S. dollar bills to exchange for New Taiwan dollars. Among them, there was even a case of holding so-called "banknote-grade U.S. dollar" counterfeit 500-dollar bills.

The police appeal to the public to be careful not to be scammed if they hold foreign currency of unknown origin.

The Seventh Security Corps stated that a woman surnamed Zhou, about 50 years old, took two 100-dollar bills to the Banqiao Branch of Taiwan Bank to exchange them. Since the printing is very smooth and the color is quite unnatural, if it is only recognized by the naked eye, it is suspicious. counterfeit money.

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After being noticed by the police from Baoqi and the bank staff in Taiwan, they first inspected it with a special magnifying glass for the bank. The color, anti-counterfeiting design and texture of the counterfeit banknotes are quite different from the real banknotes, so they searched for the source.

Ms. Zhou said that the counterfeit U.S. dollar bills were the incense money put into the merit box by believers in the temple after they visited the temple to inquire about the matter.

At the same time, she said that she had never used US dollar bills and had no ability to distinguish the authenticity. She did not know that the two 100-dollar bills were counterfeit.

After identification by the bank, the two hundred-dollar banknotes were suspected of being counterfeit. Banqiao Branch of Taiwan Bank filled out a "retention form" in accordance with regulations. Zhou's act of exchanging counterfeit US dollar bills was suspected of exercising the crime of counterfeiting valuable securities. She must cooperate with the police to make a statement and notify The Banqiao Police Station brought Ms. Zhou back to the investigation office.

The No. 1 Brigade of the No. 7 Corps stated that from July to December 2011, the police have seized many cases of people holding counterfeit US dollar bills to the Bank of Taiwan to exchange them. 194 counterfeit 100-dollar bills at the head office; 1 counterfeit 500-dollar bill at Zhubei branch; 1 counterfeit 500-dollar bill at Zuoying branch and another 3 counterfeit 500-dollar bills; and 2 counterfeit 100-dollar bills at Banqiao branch The case of counterfeit US banknotes represents that counterfeit US banknotes have been circulating in various places recently.

The Seventh Security Corps said that according to the current law, if the amount of exchange for counterfeit US dollars exceeds (includes) 200 US dollars, it violates the provisions of Article 201 of the Criminal Law "Exercising counterfeit securities".

The crime is not light, please be careful and avoid breaking the law.

Recently, counterfeit US$500 denominations have appeared.

(Photographed by reporter Liu Qinghou)

A woman surnamed Zhou was sent away for holding fake U.S. dollar bills.

(Photographed by reporter Liu Qinghou)