A man surnamed Zhong and others used a color photocopier to print thousand-yuan bills to defraud merchants and were seized. The police seized a large number of counterfeit bills and criminal tools.

(Information photo, provided by the police)

[Reporter Li Lifa/Pingtung Report] A man surnamed Zhong and others went to a 3C mass merchandise store to buy color photocopiers and paper. They actually forged thousand-yuan bills by photocopying, and then went to betel nut stalls to consume them. , the Pingtung District Court sentenced Zhong Nan to 5 years and 2 months for the crime of counterfeiting currency certificates in accordance with the Punishment Act for Obstructing National Currency.

According to the investigation by the police, three men surnamed Zhong, Chen, and Gao contacted based on the criminal intent of counterfeiting currency. Zhong Nan proposed, Gao Nan funded, and went to a 3C mass merchandise store in March 2021 to buy color printers and tactile and national currency. Similar paper was used to forge thousand-dollar banknotes by photocopying and cutting with a utility knife.

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Afterwards, Zhong Nan bought 2 bottles of foreign wine worth 2,770 yuan, 2 packs of 7-star cigarettes, and 2 bottles of mineral water at the betel nut with the counterfeit banknotes. They were arrested and seized a color printer for printing counterfeit banknotes, 4 packs of molded paper, 270 fake thousand-yuan banknotes, 69 semi-finished fake thousand-yuan banknotes, and ketamine drugs and other evidence, and handed them over according to law .

After the trial by the Pingtung District Court, Zhong Nan was sentenced to 5 years and 2 months for the crime of counterfeiting currency certificates according to the Punishment Regulations for Obstructing the National Currency. The case involving him is being heard by the court.

A man surnamed Zhong and others used a color photocopier to print thousand-yuan bills to defraud merchants and were seized. The police seized a large number of counterfeit bills and criminal tools.

(Information photo, provided by the police)