Three arrested in Peru with fake bills
July 4th, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANSLima, July 4 (IANS/EFE) Peruvian police arrested two men and a woman when they tried to pass counterfeit bills with face value of $1 million at a Lima shopping mall.
The sting operation was organised Saturday in coordination with the US Secret Service by Peru’s Criminal Investigation Agency, whose agents posed as purchasers of the illegal money.
Experts at Peru’s Central Reserve Bank noted the high quality of the counterfeit US dollars.
According to the police, this outfit has been operating for two years and has printed other lots of counterfeit bills, without saying to what value, that were sent to the US.
–IANS/EFE
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