Changhua police cracked down on the toy counterfeit banknote syndicate and arrested 9 people, who took out counterfeit thousand-dollar toy banknotes "HR484268XD".

(Photo by reporter Tang Shiming)

[Reporter Tang Shiming/Changhua Report] As the Chinese New Year is approaching, the counterfeit 1000-Yuan toy banknotes numbered "HR484268XD" have been circulating in the central part of the country recently, causing many victims in night market stalls, betel nut stalls and supermarkets. According to reports, the police in Changhua County found that a group of young A counterfeit banknote group composed of 1,000 yuan toy banknotes, pretending to buy things from merchants or playing games, and exchanging money for real banknotes to make a profit. In-depth investigation locked the whereabouts of the group, and seized 9 suspects in the past few days. At least 20 years old, most of the rest were minors, and 15 counterfeit toy banknotes and other stolen goods were confiscated.

The members confessed that they bought a total of 90 counterfeit toy banknotes at a price of 5 yuan each for fraud. The 90,000 yuan obtained from the fraud had been spent on food and drink. Investigate.

At the beginning of this month, a group of young people went to the night market stalls in Yongjing Township, Changhua County to spend money. Each of them took out 1,000-yuan bills for change. The vendors didn’t have time to distinguish the authenticity from the fake ones. After checking the bills, they found that they were all counterfeit bills with the serial number “HR484268XD”. , The stall dealer said that this group of people used the most crowded and busiest time to exchange money and launder money. It was suspected that it was a group crime, and the members had been trained.

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This batch of counterfeit banknotes flowed into the markets of Changhua and Yunlin. In Yunlin County, vendors, shopkeepers, gas stations, and even delivery workers have received them. A post on Facebook reminds everyone to pay attention.

Some people compared the counterfeit banknotes in Changhua and Yunlin carefully and found out that the serial number is "HR484268XD", which is a homonym for "Should I send it, haha". 268 in Taizhou dialect means "fool", which is equal to "isn't it, fool, haha".

The Changhua police formed a task force to investigate, and 8 businesses in Changhua County were victimized.

The police checked the monitors to confirm the identity of the suspect and reported it to the Changhua District Prosecutor's Office for investigation. On the 10th and 11th of this month, the police closed the network and went to a construction site in Taichung City to arrest the main suspect named Luo, who had just turned 20 years old. Arrested and notified 8 members of the group to come to the case, and recovered stolen goods such as mobile phones, safety helmets and toy counterfeit banknotes.

Members of the group testified that they purchased 90 counterfeit toy banknotes from the Internet at a price of 5 yuan each. When committing the crime, many people spent money from merchants at the same time, taking advantage of the large number of people so that the merchants could not detect the banknotes in real time. , Succeeded in the crime.

All proceeds from the crime are spent.

Zhang Anjin, deputy chief of the Changhua County Criminal Police Brigade, pointed out that the toy counterfeit banknotes seized in this case had the small red seal of the toy banknotes printed next to the words of the central bank. In addition to the rough material, the strip foil film had no light and shadow change effect, and no ink. The tactile sequence of the embossed pattern can be distinguished from the fake through the simple three principles of "look at it", "touch it" and "turn it around".

In addition, the police also appealed to the public not to buy toys with counterfeit banknotes to avoid breaking the law.

Changhua police cracked down on a toy counterfeit banknote syndicate and arrested 9 people. The main suspect, surnamed Luo, was arrested at the construction site in Taichung.

(provided by the police)

Changhua police cracked down on a toy counterfeit banknote syndicate and arrested 9 people. Among them, the main suspect surnamed Luo (middle) was arrested at the Taichung construction site.

(provided by the police)

The counterfeit 1000-yuan toy banknote with serial number "HR484268XD" is printed with Magic Printing Factory, while the real 1000-yuan banknote is printed with Central Printing Factory.

(Photo by reporter Tang Shiming)

The police appealed to take a look at the thousand-yuan bills.

(Photo by reporter Tang Shiming)

The police appealed to get the thousand-dollar bill and touch it.

(Photo by reporter Tang Shiming)