4 People Arrested For Using Photocopied $100 Notes, Which Led To a Discovery of a ‘Dangerous Man’

2018-08-01 , 6:47 pm

You know, I thought it’s common sense that in Singapore, you can’t get away with counterfeiting money.

Especially if you make copies using a photocopy machine.

I mean, we were taught back in school that they have a watermark on the notes itself that can never, ever be copied unless you’re a master-level forger, no?

And even that isn’t enough. You’ve got to be a master-level forger with balls of steel. Like Superman’s.

Unfortunately, these four individuals didn’t seem to have gotten the same memo.

Four Suspects Arrested For Using Fake $100 Notes

Between 22 to 29 July, the police were alerted to fake $100 notes that were used for payments at coffee shops and convenience stores in Woodlands and Hougang.

The police believed that the notes were photocopied as they lack the security features of our real dollar notes.

“The counterfeit S$100 notes, which are believed to be photocopied reproductions, lack security features such as the watermark (an image that can be seen when held up to the light) of Singapore’s first President, Mr Yusof Bin Ishak,” the police said.

The surface of the notes felt different and the kinegram and security thread of the notes are different too.

The serial number of the notes used are 1AE483429, 2EC327675, 3AX174455, and 3AB548790.

Three women and one man arrested

After extensive ground enquiries by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD), the suspects’ identities were established.

Three women were arrested on 29 Jul at around 4.30 pm along Hougang Ave 6. They managed to find two mobile phones and several $100 notes, believed to be fake.

The next day, a 27-year-old man was arrested at about 12.15 am along Woodlands Rise. And they hit the jackpot.

They seized from him the following items:

Two laptops
Five mobile phones
Several $100 notes, believed to be fake
Other people’s identification documents
One dagger
A sachet of white substance believed to be controlled drugs
Improvised drug-smoking apparatus

Other than the crime of using (and possibly making) fake notes, he will be investigated for drug consumption, possession of offensive weapons and of another person’s identification documents.

“It was believed that the four suspects might have been involved in at least four other cases of using counterfeit S$100 notes in July”

So, what will happen to them?

According to the police, if found guilty of using counterfeit currency notes, they might be jailed up to twenty years and fined.

If found guilty of possessing counterfeit currency notes, they may be jailed up to 15 years and fined.

But then again, they’re not the only ones to try this in Singapore

And the offender (who made the news) before them, was a teacher.

Yes. A teacher.

Back in 2015, he made two fake $100 notes and used them to pay a Vietnamese woman for a massage session.

He was caught after the woman attempted to use the notes at a supermarket and was caught by a cashier.

Daniel Wong Mun Meng claimed that he intended to use the notes as a teaching tool to “excite and engage” his students on the topic of currency exchange, but the judge threw his defence out onto the streets.

He did not even mention Math Day or his intention to use the notes to teach his students when he was interrogated by the police.

And so, he was handed a three-year jail term, and he started serving in Jun 2018.

The neighbourhood friendly men in blue advised that should you receive any of such notes, call the cops immediately.

Make sure you memorise the person’s appearance and vehicle number (if any) and place the notes in a folder or something to protect them from being tampered with.

4 People Arrested For Using Photocopied $100 Notes, Which Led To a Discovery of a ‘Dangerous Man’

Four Suspects Arrested For Using Fake $100 Notes

Three women and one man arrested

So, what will happen to them?

But then again, they’re not the only ones to try this in Singapore

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