Police sting nets near-perfect counterfeit dollars

A Thai team trading in some of the finest counterfeit currency ever found has been arrested.

Boonpat Kijpaisan, 52, and Issarachan Sukkasem, 48, and two other members of their group were caught in a sting near at a hotel in Bagkhen district, consumer protection police officials said.

The four were arrested with 280 USD100 bills – equivalent to nearly THB1 million – which undercover police officers had offered to buy for THB440,000.

According to US Embassy, these fake bills can pass counterfeit bill detectors at banks and are the second-best bogus bills ever seized.

Police said Issarachan admitted to buying the fake dollars from another source for THB1,000 per bill, and that they are commonly traded in Sa Kaew, Sisaket, Surin and Nong Khai provinces. He said it was his first time trading counterfeit money, and he didn’t know who forged the notes.

Authorities suspect the counterfeit bills were printed in a neighbouring country, Manager reported.



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