FOR those seeking easy money, counterfeiting currency can be a tempting option – especially if one is convinced they can break the law and get away with it.
It was claimed online recently that a fake money syndicate was active in Terengganu. Is there any truth to this?
VERDICT:
TRUE
Terengganu police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mazli Mazlan confirmed this at a press conference on Tuesday (Oct 31), saying that two men were arrested for making and distributing counterfeit money since last year.
He said the two men aged 28 and 33 were caught in an Ops Rajawali raid on a rented house in Kuala Terengganu.
“The suspects are believed to have used the counterfeit money to buy small items such as cigarettes, stationery and cheap food to get actual money as change.
"It is also believed that it was used on the black market to buy drugs and other such items,” said DCP Mazli.
He added that the two men learned how to make fake money from watching YouTube videos.
He also said police seized 27 fake RM100 notes, two mobile phones, a laptop computer, a printer, a car and other tools to make counterfeit money.
DCP Mazli then added that the two friends were discovered when an employee of a stationery shop made a police report about counterfeit money being received while at work.
He said with the arrest of the two, it is believed that 69 cases of fake money that had been reported since last year have now been solved.
“Both suspects have no criminal record and have been remanded for four days from Sunday (Oct 29). The case is being investigated under Sections 489B and 489D of the Penal Code,” he added.
