Cambodian police bust Thais with $7M in fake bills

19 September 2014
The Washington Post
Government / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Provincial and local governments
Song Sopheak / Thailand

Three Thai men arrested in Cambodia for allegedly carrying counterfeit U.S. $100 bills with a face value of more than $7 million planned to circulate the fakes in rural areas where they would be less likely to be detected, police said Saturday.

The men were arrested Friday in a border district in the northwestern province of Battamabang in what appears to be the biggest-ever seizure of counterfeit money in Cambodia, where dollars are commonly used for financial transactions. …

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