banco central issues a warning regarding fake 2000 pesos bills

the gorgon

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it gets more interesting. here is the latest info

Santo Domingo.- Justice minister Francisco Dom?nguez on Thursday said the Santo Domingo Province Office of the Prosecutor investigates the presence $2,000 pesos bills with the date of 2013, which Dominican Republic’s Central Bank hasn’t issued.

He said the investigation has just begun for which he cannot provide further details.

In that regard, Santo Domingo province prosecutor Olga Dina Llaver?as said the investigating aims to establish who’s behind the bills’ circulation.

Not counterfeit

The Central Bank clarified in a statement that the bills aren’t counterfeit, while local media report that their circulation is likely the result of their theft from a warehouse in France, where they are printed.
 

dv8

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interesting. the articles on this subject in today's papers were not conclusive. so the bills are made by an official mint that prints all notes but they have not been "ordered" or officiated?
 

the gorgon

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interesting. the articles on this subject in today's papers were not conclusive. so the bills are made by an official mint that prints all notes but they have not been "ordered" or officiated?

exactly. they are printed in advance, and stored in a warehouse of sorts. some guys removed them , shall we say.....
 

the gorgon

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now they have arrested some money changer guy. so, the question becomes;

who knew about this, and when?
 

mikol

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exactly. they are printed in advance, and stored in a warehouse of sorts. some guys removed them , shall we say.....

They are stored without a serial printed on them. Because of this, you can tell the difference between these "counterfeit" and the real deal. They have a different font and look photocopied
 

Barnabe

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how can they look photocopied if they are real?

These notes are not photocopies, they were printed on behalf of the BC.

The only thing which is not real is the serial number, which was added after they were stolen.

The BC say they were advised on July 17th.

In fact, it was a few days before that they were alerted, after the pesos were flooding in exchange houses in Paris.

They are the most authentic "fakes" I have ever seen.

There was a similar case in Switzerland one year ago (banknotes stolen in the printing process)