Criminal scheme to put counterfeit money into circulation dismantled by law enforcement

12:57 | 11.04.2022 Category: Social

Chisinau, April 11 / MOLDPRES /- Officers of the Organized Crime Investigation Directorate of the National Investigation Inspectorate, jointly with PCCOCS prosecutors dismantled a criminal group suspected of putting counterfeit money in foreign currency on the territory of the country.

According to INI data, the three suspects, aged between 25 and 32, from Chisinau, are suspected of having circulated counterfeit 50 and 100 euro banknotes.

The law enforcement officers managed to buy 50 and 100 euro banknotes, which, following the expert examinations, proved to be counterfeit.

The suspects are being investigated at large, pending the establishment of all circumstances.

According to the law, if they are found guilty, the suspects risk imprisonment from 7 to 15 years.

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