Counterfeit Banknotes Detected in June 2014
Counterfeit $100, Serial No. AB 21511389 N
Simulated Fed $100 banknote of 1996 series
Alphanumeric Fed bank index: B2
Check letter and quadrant no.: D4
Check letter and face type-plate no.: D182
Back type-plate no.: 84
According to the RIM CEC, 9 fakes were detected in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod Region, Tver Region, and Bashkortostan Republic.
Counterfeit $100, Serial No. HB 57319321 H
Simulated Fed $100 banknote of 2006 series
Face
Alphanumeric Fed bank index: B2
Check letter and quadrant no.: B4
Check letter and face type-plate no.: B19b
Back type-plate no.: 203
According to the RIM CEC, 3 fakes were detected in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Counterfeit 100 Yuan, Serial No. CF 38874894
Simulated 1999 banknote of People's Bank of China
According to the RIM CEC, 2 fakes were detected in Kemerovo Region and Khabarovsk Province.
Counterfeit €200 of 2002, P02320544046, Alphanumeric Mark T001F3
Simulated ECB €200 banknote of 2002
Vologda Region, Novgorod Region, Rostov Region, Sverdlovsk Region, and Tatarstan Republic.
Counterfeit RUB 1,000, Serial No. НЭ 9519176
Simulated CBR RUB 1,000 banknote of 1999, 2010 mod
According to the RIM CEC, 2 fakes were detected in Volgograd Region and Mari El Republic.
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