Man arrested in Tashkent for trying to exchange counterfeit dollars
The detainee, who had $30,000, intended to exchange counterfeit banknotes at half price.
Law enforcement officers, together with the PGO Department for Combating Economic Crimes, detained a man in the capital’s Shaykhantakhur district, who was trying to exchange counterfeit dollars, the press service of the PGO department reported.
The man told a citizen that he had fake $30,000. He was detained at the moment of selling fake $900 for 4.1 million soums.
On this fact, a criminal case was initiated under Article 176 of the Criminal Code (manufacture, sale of counterfeit money, excise stamps or securities). An investigation is underway.
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