Man with colour printer held over fake money scam 칼라 프린터기로 위조 지폐를 만들다.....
KUALA LUMPUR: A suspect, 35, who came up with a novel way of exchanging fake RM50 notes for genuine currency was nabbed by police in Desa Jaya here yesterday.
The suspect could churn out fake RM50 notes in minutes using a colour printer. More shocking was the fact that the suspect could also turn the fake notes into genuine notes in a matter of minutes.
A source said the suspect would deposit fake RM50 notes at remotely-located cash deposit machines (CDMs).
After the money was credited into his account, he would withdraw the money via an automated teller machine.
"Banks suffered losses amounting to tens of thousands of ringgit as a result of the scam. The suspect may have deposited as much as RM100,000."
However, after an undisclosed amount of losses, bank authorities gave police full cooperation, including access to closed-circuit television images.
"The CCTV images were from branches which discovered fake RM50 notes among the money retrieved from CDMs at collection time," the source said.
"Police checked their data-base to determine if there were suspects matching the images retrieved from the CCTV footage."
And one did. The suspect was wanted by the federal police in connection with fraud and cheating cases.
Gombak police confirmed the suspect was arrested yesterday.
In one room of the suspect's house, police discovered print-ers, scanners, computers and high-quality white paper used to print the fake RM50 notes in huge quantities. A total of RM14,800 worth of fake money was found there.
Fifteen police reports had been lodged by banking authorities.
The suspect is expected to be brought to the Selayang magistrate's court today, where he will be remanded.
35살 먹은 남자가 칼라 프린터로 50링깃짜리 위조지폐를 만들다 잡혔다네요.....(잡히지 않을 것이라 생각하고 만들었는지 좀 한심하다는 생각이....)