Krasnodar, 31 January – Yug Times. The number of false coiners in Russia is said to be constantly declining - however, the citizens should not relax and stop checking the suspicious banknotes.
The other day, police officers detained two young men in Berezanskaya, Vyselki district, who were trying to utter a false 500-rouble banknote. The investigators ascertained that a gang of false coiners has been acting in the region.
The police have established that the suspected were involved in at least twenty facts of illegal uttering of false money, mainly in the shops in Vyeslki, Korenovsk, Leningradsky, Kanevsky, Primorsko-Akhtarsk districts and Yeisk. The crime suspects have reportedly been committed to prison. Presently, the investigators are establishing their involvement in other crimes. The trend towards the decrease in the number of criminals concerned in coinage offence and uttering of counterfeit money is evident, the regional police press service announced. This fact may be assessed as one of the main results of the efficient work of the Department of Economic Security. Valeri Dubovoi, Deputy Head of the Department of Economic Security of the regional police:
“Over the last year, we recalled from circulation false banknotes to the total amount exceeding five million roubles. As a rule, the coiners are dealing with 5,000, 2,000 and 1,000-rouble banknotes.”
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