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MAN ARRESTED AFTER LEAVING $500 TIP
Loren Gatch forwarded this article from Malaysia. He adds "Clearly, the level of financial expertise amongst the criminal element needs to be higher!".
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Malaysian police have arrested a Lebanese man allegedly carrying fake currency with a face value of $66 million after he tipped a hotel staff with a $500 note, an official said Friday. The largest U.S. note currently in wide circulation is a $100 bill. But police found bundles of $1 million, $100,000 and $500 notes in the man's hotel room in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, said Izany Abdul Ghany, head of the city's commercial crime unit. Hotel staff alerted police after a housekeeper received a $500 note tip and found out it was fake when she tried to convert it to local currency at a money changer, Izany said. The man could be charged for possessing counterfeit money and, if found guilty, face up to 10 years in jail, he said.
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$500 tip leads police to $66 million in fake bills
(news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_odd_malaysia_generous_tip)
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