The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 44, October 16, 2005, Article 14

BUYING FAKE CASH ONLINE

The Chilliwack Progress of Chilliwack, British Columbia
reported on October 11 that "Counterfeit money can be
ordered on the Internet for 40 cents on the dollar.

And ordinary young B.C. teenagers are among the biggest
buyers, says Cpl. Mary Kostashuk, with the RCMP "E"
Division commercial crime section.

They get onto Internet teen "chat" rooms, express an interest
and, presto, a counterfeit crook responds and then calls
direct to consummate a deal."

"The counterfeiters are usually drug users and dealers who
recruit children to get rid of counterfeit cash manufactured
using today's sophisticated photocopying machines and
quality copy paper.

Some drug dealers make the fake money themselves, or buy
in bulk from at 10 cents on the dollar from big eastern Canadian
crime rings ... "

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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