24-year-old Romanian bought goods with fake money

Policemen in the Romanian county of Satu Mare arrested a 24-year-old who is suspected of buying various goods using fake money, writes Cristian Gherasim.

Police investigation revealed that the young man used 50 euro banknotes and bought several goods advertised on an online platform. The banknotes had the “movie money” and “ this is not legal” inscription. He used prop money, which he most likely bought from the respective sites.

A purebred dog and two mobile phones were bought by the 24-year-old until the police knocked on his door.

The investigators believe that the suspect set up meeting at night time with sellers so that the sellers would not realize that the banknotes were not real.

Following the activities carried out, the police recovered the damage in full and seized, for confiscation, 20 banknotes from the 50 euro denomination.

The police ordered the detention of the young man for 24 hours under the suspicion of committing the crime of deception, under the supervision of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Carei Court.

Considering the above, we recommend the citizens to show maximum attention, especially to the purchases they make online and to the sites they visit ", the Police press release reads.

In a separate case of money forgery, last summer the world's largest forger of plastic banknotes has been detained also in Romania. This time it was Romanian currency not euro being counterfeited.

The man was leading a gang that began its activity in 2014 and produced 17,000 fake 100 RON (€22) banknotes, according to Romania's organized-crime unit, in a fraud worth around €350,000. Investigators managed to identify a fingerprint on one of the fake banknotes which helped them track down the suspects.

According to prosecutors the gang was extremely careful when making and distributing the counterfeit money: “Witnesses were not able to give any information about the notes because no one realised they had been handed a fake."

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