A man has been arrested with a large number of counterfeit 50 Euro notes.
A neighbor from Don Benito is detained with 24 counterfeit 100€ bills.
Current Events Extremadura | Monday, September 27, 2010 13:46 | Province of Badajoz
Civil Guard agents have arrested a 26-year-old man, a resident of Don Benito, while he was driving on a road in Torre de Miguel Sesmero (Badajoz) with 24 counterfeit 100 euro bills.
According to a press release from the Civil Guard, the events occurred this past weekend when the driver of a car, upon detecting the presence of the Civil Guard on a road, "clearly tried to avoid crossing paths" with the officers "by changing direction on the BA055 road where he was intercepted".
After identifying the driver and inspecting the vehicle, the guards found 24 bills in the back seat, which "upon initial appraisal by touch seemed fake," and after a "thorough examination" it was confirmed that the bills were indeed fake.
Specifically, the agents concluded that they were fake due to indications such as the lack of roughness of the print on the paper; the "non-matching against the light of the value of the bills"; not changing the image in the holographic park and that "the security thread is almost imperceptible."
The proceedings, along with the detainee, are made available to the Olivenza Court of Instruction, and now the Civil Guard continues investigations to locate the origin of the counterfeits and to find out if any fake bills have been "placed" in any town in the area.
TIPS FOR DETECTING FAKE BANKNOTES
In light of this event, the Civil Guard gives a series of recommendations to users on how to detect counterfeit bills, such as touching the "raised" printing, which gives the bills a distinctive feel, as well as looking at the bill against the light to see the watermark, the security thread, and the matching pattern, which are "elements perceptible on both sides of the bill."
It is also recommended to turn the banknote over and on the back you will see the shine of the iridescent band, and in the case of higher value banknotes, "on the front you can see the hologram and on the back the ink that changes color."
Finally, it is also advised to turn the banknote over and on the front of the lower value bills, you will see the changing image of the holographic band.
MALAGA, Sep 18 (EUROPA PRESS) - Eight years are being demanded for two people accused of buying food and a console with counterfeit money.
The Malaga Prosecutor's Office has requested a total of eight years in prison for two people, a man and a woman, accused of buying with counterfeit euros in different commercial establishments certain products, such as food and a console; goods which they paid for with bills larger than the cost to obtain legal tender or which they tried to return in order to also have authentic currency.
According to the provisional conclusions of the prosecutor, accessed by Europa Press, the accused, along with two other unidentified people, conspired to buy from various shopping centers in the province with counterfeit money, "being aware of its falsity".
Thus, according to their initial statement, the public prosecution believes that they acquired the merchandise "either for themselves, or to later return it to the same establishment, requesting a refund of the amount paid and thus obtaining legal tender." According to the document, the purchases were made in December 2008.
The prosecutor's office points out that in one of the establishments in Rincón de la Victoria (Malaga), several items were purchased and some of them were later recovered inside the vehicle owned by the accused. Subsequently, they bought a cup in another shopping center in the town of Vélez-Málaga in Malaga.
The accusation maintains that they paid three euros for that object, although they gave a 50 euro note, so they received change in legal tender. They did the same when they allegedly went to a supermarket to buy oranges and a sandwich. Finally, they went to another establishment to buy a console and its accessories, items valued at 200 euros.
After a few hours, the statement continues, the defendants tried to return these items, but failed to refund the money when the manager noticed that the money handed over was "fake". For the prosecutor, this is a crime of counterfeiting, for which he is seeking four years of prison and a fine of 3,000 euros for each one.
Furthermore, they are accused of ongoing fraud, for which a penalty of two months at 10 euros per day is requested, amounting to 600 euros. The trial is scheduled to be held in the Ninth Section of the Court of Malaga on Wednesday, September 22nd.
VALENCIA, 18 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -
Four people arrested accused of scamming with the 'Rip Deal' con, 550,000 euros
Four people arrested accused of scamming with the 'Rip Deal' con, 550,000 euros
The National Police have arrested four individuals in Alicante involved in two scams carried out by the procedure known as 'Rip Deal' or dirty business, which involves conducting money exchange operations outside of all banking control. The fraudsters carried out some smaller transactions and, after gaining the trust of the victims, they defrauded them of amounts totaling 250,000 and 300,000 euros, in each of the scams committed by different fraudsters.
As reported in a statement this Saturday by the Superior Police Headquarters, this type of fraud involves locating, usually through the Internet or press, advertisements for the sale of high-value properties. The scammers contact potential victims, pretending to be wealthy businessmen from various countries interested in acquiring the property.
They arrange meetings in luxury hotels to negotiate the details of the transaction, where they take the opportunity to tell the seller that they have a certain amount of black money or currency from another country that they want to exchange for euros and put into circulation, or to exchange 500 euro notes for the same amount in 50 euro notes, offering a commission that usually hovers around 10 percent.
Given the tempting offer and the presence of these individuals, who appear to have a high social status, and who have previously carried out small operations that increase trust in them, there is usually no suspicion that it is a fraudulent business. Therefore, they take the opportunity to carry out a transaction involving large amounts of money.
Scammers often hand over counterfeit bills to victims in exchange for the agreed amount in euros or lower value bills. In certain cases, they use violence to seize the loot if the victim doubts the authenticity of the transaction.
In the first of the cases detected in Alicante, the fraudsters managed to net a loot of 250,000 euros. The Provincial Brigade of Judicial Police, after a thorough investigation, managed to identify and arrest three people involved.
Days later, another person was scammed in a similar way. The scammers managed to appropriate 300,000 euros in this case. The events took place near a luxurious hotel in Valencia, where the victim and a family member traveled to carry out a purchase and sale transaction of a property located in Alicante.
After the transaction was completed, the victim realized they had been deceived, as the money received was nothing more than photocopies of 500 euro bills. The fraudster reacted violently and threatened to kill the victim and a relative who was with them, forcibly taking possession of a Porsche Cayenne, owned by the victim.
Upon learning of these events, the Provincial Brigade of Judicial Police initiated an investigation and managed to arrest the swindler and recover the luxury vehicle.
In this latest incident, the criminals, highly specialized in this type of scams, even went so far as to invite the victim to spend a few days in a touristy Italian city to gain their trust and pretend to be business people with a high income level.
The investigations into these two cases remain open in order to clarify the facts and arrest other possible suspects.
Zaragoza, August 5 (EFE).-
A 41-year-old man has been arrested in Zaragoza for possessing a large number of apparently fake fifty euro notes, according to sources from the Zaragoza Local Police.
A 41-year-old man has been arrested in Zaragoza for possessing a large number of apparently fake fifty euro notes, according to sources from the Zaragoza Local Police.
The man was discovered when a trader at the Zaragoza flea market, which was held yesterday, Wednesday, in the Expo parking lot, required the presence of the Local Police because he detected that he had been paid for a commercial transaction with a 50 euro note that seemed fake to him.
The police officers located the person who had made the payment and found in their possession a large number of apparently counterfeit 50 euro bills.
The individual who was carrying them, M.F., 41 years old, was arrested and brought before the court. EFE
MURCIA, August 20. (EUROPA PRESS) -
Two individuals scam a shop assistant with a counterfeit bill at a store in the Murcian neighborhood of Infante Don Juan Manuel and attempt to do the same at a nearby café in the area, unsuccessfully, according to police sources reported to Europa Press.
The incident occurred yesterday at 5:50 PM when a citizen approached a group of community security officers to alert them that he had witnessed two individuals attempting to scam a bartender with a counterfeit bill at the bar he was at. The bartender eventually realized the scam and did not accept the money.
Thus, the officers proceeded to conduct a sweep of the area, identifying two individuals whose description matched the characteristics given by the witness and after frisking them, they confiscated three counterfeit 20 euro bills from each one.
At that moment, and after spotting the officers, the shop assistant who had indeed been defrauded, came out to inform the officers.
She had been deceived and realized minutes after the sale that the bill was fake.
The individuals were transferred to the police station where proceedings were initiated for a misdemeanor of introducing counterfeit currency.
GIJÓN, 14 (EUROPA PRESS)
Three Madrid residents arrested in Gijón for using fake 200 euro bills
Agents of the National Police of Gijon proceeded to arrest three men from Madrid who are accused of a crime of forgery and issuance of counterfeit currency, being the 'passers' of counterfeit 200 euro bills with which they made three purchases in as many stores in Gijon.
According to a press release from the Police, the detainees are R.L M, 30 years old, and J.A.R.M of 33, who had an extensive criminal record for counterfeiting money, in addition to J.R C.B, 24 years old, who had no police record and was accompanying them to "learn the trade.".
The investigation began after receiving the first complaint on August 4th, in which one of these individuals had made a payment for the purchase of some DVDs in a computer store.
On August 5 and 6, purchases were made with this type of bills at a supermarket and a fish market. In both cases, the amount of what was bought did not reach 20 euros in order to get the rest of the money and launder the capital.
The banknotes were forgeries that lacked basic security measures if subjected to thorough examination, missing the color change in the watermark, and the lines of the banknote's value in the upper corner not matching exactly, so when looking at the banknotes against the light, the outlines were seen discontinuously.
On the other hand, the color and texture resembled a real banknote and even the marker -which helps to detect counterfeits- failed to write on it, considering the banknote as genuine, in one of the shops where this check was carried out, due to the suspicions of one of the employees.
The payments were made by two distinctive young men whose description was provided by the victims: both about thirty years old, one with a dark complexion who had two visible tattoos, one at shoulder height and another in the shape of an eight between the thumb and index finger, and another shorter than the previous one, with a large build and frontal baldness.
After gathering information about the people who had paid and about the characteristics of the counterfeit bills by the Delegate of Citizen Participation of the Gijon Police Station, an alert was issued to all merchants, urging them to take extra precautions with Euro bills- especially those of that amount- and they were warned about the physical characteristics of the possible culprits.
Likewise, the agents assigned to the Judicial Police set up a device in the city center with the aim of locating these individuals and proceeding with their identification. This intense operation yielded results on August 12th, when they were intercepted in a city center establishment, having been identified as their physical appearance and clothing fully matched the detailed information provided by the victims. The two sought-after males were accompanied by a third individual who was also arrested.
ORGANIZED
It was confirmed that the three were residents of the capital of Spain and that the two sought in Gijón were being sought by investigators from Zaragoza for having acted as "passers" in seven stores in that city.
The detainees belong, according to the police, to a criminal organization that is dedicated to the distribution of counterfeit bills within the national territory. The defendants would occupy the lowest rung in the organization, that of the "passer", paying with the counterfeit bill, collecting the legitimate money given as change and delivering the profits to the organization in exchange for a percentage.
The 'modus operandi' consisted of making purchases of low-cost products using counterfeit 200 euro bills as payment, which are uncommon in daily commercial transactions, so in each transaction they achieved significant economic benefits that reverted back to the criminal network .
Their activity in the cities was carried out in short periods of time, in this case alternating between Zaragoza and Gijón, to avoid acting continuously and being detected, thus moving to other urban centers where they could continue distributing the money and go unnoticed among the many visitors and tourists during the summer months and the constant flow of foreign people in hotels and guesthouses.
This is not the first time this has happened in Gijón, as far back as November 2007 two Bulgarian men were arrested who had 6,216 euros and many hair beauty products confiscated. In 2008, merchants were also alerted about the presence of individuals trying to pass counterfeit 50 and 200 euro bills. On that occasion, given the variety of passers, it was not possible to determine who was responsible for these acts.
GIJÓN, AUGUST 2010 (EUROPA PRESS)
Arrested for paying with counterfeit bills at a hospitality establishment
The National Police arrested a 29-year-old individual from Iraq early Friday morning, who was wanted for paying with fake 50 euro bills at various hospitality establishments. The incidents came to light after a complaint was filed by the owner of a hospitality establishment located in a city shopping center.
The woman explained that on July 27th, an individual paid for a purchase with a 50 euro note, and later asked the employees to change another note of the same amount, both of which turned out to be fake.
The same individual tried to carry out the same operation two days later in another hospitality establishment but ran away after an employee recognized the falseness of the bill.
In the early hours of last Friday morning, thanks to the description provided by the victims, a patrol arrested him as he was walking down Roncal Street. After processing the necessary report, he was brought to court.
The woman explained that on July 27th, an individual paid for a purchase with a 50 euro note, and later asked the employees to change another note of the same amount, both of which turned out to be fake.
The same individual tried to carry out the same operation two days later in another hospitality establishment but ran away after an employee recognized the falseness of the bill.
In the early hours of last Friday morning, thanks to the description provided by the victims, a patrol arrested him as he was walking down Roncal Street. After processing the necessary report, he was brought to court.
THE REASON 22 July 10 - Alicante -
THE POLICE INTERVENE FAKE BILLS
The National Police of Elda-Petrer intervened yesterday with high-quality counterfeit hundred euro bills that were going to be "placed" in large stores and gas stations, in an operation in which a man accused of the crimes of counterfeiting currency and drug trafficking was also arrested.
In the operation, police officers seized 20,000 euros in counterfeit 100 euro bills, nearly two kilograms of substance to adulterate drugs, and more than 70 grams of cocaine.
Apparently, the arrested 41-year-old man used drug addicts as "passers" of the counterfeit bills.
OVIEDO, 20 Aug. (EUROPA PRESS) -
A minor from Seville arrested for paying in a Gijón pharmacy with a counterfeit bill
Agents of the Gijón Police have arrested a 17-year-old youth from Seville accused of committing a currency forgery crime. The detainee tried to pay for a medication at a pharmacy in Gijón with a counterfeit 50 euro note.
According to the police, the incident took place last Thursday, August 19th. Officers were called to a pharmacy located in a city shopping center, where they had detained an individual who was trying to pay for medication with a counterfeit bill, which the establishment's infrared detection machine had identified as fake.
When the officers arrived, they indeed confirmed that the bill the individual had tried to use lacked several of the security features incorporated in legal tender bills.
During the subsequent search to which the individual was subjected, another 50 euro note was found on him, with the same numbering as the note with which he had previously attempted to pay, which was folded and hidden inside one of his shoes.
The detainee has been brought to the attention of the Juvenile Prosecutor's Office. There are no known police records of him for other criminal acts.
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