A Chinese couple have been arrested for printing counterfeit banknotes, using them at local markets, and cheating more than 1,000 victims.
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Police in Fuzhou, a city in eastern China’s Jiangxi province, said they received five reports from market vendors about receiving counterfeit banknotes in just one week in September 2023.
This was a marked increase, as they normally only receive such reports once or twice a month, the police said.
It was difficult to track down the suspects because of a lack of surveillance cameras in small, open-air markets and the hazy memories of victims.
However, investigators eventually tracked the banknote forgers down thanks to one surveillance camera that happened to document the whole racket.
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