A toy banknote for bread?
It is true that this situation took place in May, but only now the police informed about it. 44-year-old in Lublin, being in the bakery, He paid PLN 200 for a toy toy banknote. – The man after receiving the rest came out of store. The cashier immediately after revealing the toy banknote informed the policemen – reports Commissioner Kamil Gołębiowski. When the officers arrived on the spot – they secured the banknote and began the proceedings. The perpetrator has already been detained and confessed to committing a crime. The banknote he paid had a large inscription “souvenir”, which means “souvenir”. For which he heard allegations of fraud.
False scourge in Poland
There have been more similar incidents recently. Police Silesia informed in April that in Bytom a young man also He paid with a fake banknote – but this time with a denomination of PLN 500. – The banknote used by one of the customers was not a means of payment, but a so -called gift banknote. Although he was very similar to the original, he was betrayed by the inscriptions “Souvenir” and “is not a means of payment” placed on both sides. One of the cashiers working in the store did not notice that it was an imitation and accepted the banknote, considering it authentic – reports Commissioner Sabina Chyra -Gioreś. Policemen caught a man two days later. It turned out that he committed a similar act last year.
“Falsification” in circulation
In turn, policemen in Bolesławiec during an intervention in one of the local stores, they detained two women who tried to pay for purchases with false banknotes about 100 zlotys. This time there was no inscription “Souvenir” and “False”. – students from Africa They wanted to pay for their purchases, giving the cashier fake stuzzle banknotes – reports comm. Przemysław Ratajczyk. – Both suspects have been in Poland for several years. Women allegedly did not know that the banknotes they used in the Bolesławiec store were falsification – at least they explained the whole situation to policemen – he adds. They heard the allegations of “joint action related to attempted fraud by paying with false money.”
Appeal of policemen
– Policemen pay attention to checking the banknotes that go through our hands. Gift banknotes are intended for fun, games and educational goals. As a rule, they have the inscriptions “Souvenir” and “is not a means of payment”. Their sales are not prohibited, but an attempt to pay them is fraud subject to punishment up to 8 years imprisonment – Silesian officers warn.
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Sources: KMP Lublin, Silesian Police, Lower Silesian Police