四川一名年轻人印制的假美元钞票几可乱真。
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Sichuan Man Produces $3.6 Million in Counterfeit US Dollars, Fakes Could Fool Money-Counting Machines

Published at Jul 02, 2025 11:51 am
A young man from Sichuan, China, rented a printing factory to produce counterfeit US dollars totaling as much as $3.6 million (15,101,500 ringgit). The fake bills were reportedly so well-crafted they could even fool money-counting machines.

According to a report from 'Cover News', the Gaoping district branch of the Public Security Bureau in Nanchong City, Sichuan, recently cracked the "3.16 Major Counterfeit Currency Case". In March 2024, after receiving an anonymous tip-off about counterfeit currency transactions in Nanchong, police quickly verified the information, and on March 16 apprehended suspects Guo, Yu, and three others. Further investigation identified two major counterfeit currency groups headed by Guo and Feng Molong. That day, the police officially launched an investigation into the "3.16 Major Counterfeit Currency Case."

The main suspect, Guo, was once very promising, excelling academically and even receiving an offer for direct admission to a prestigious university during his third year of high school. However, in 2019, he was convicted for illegal possession of firearms and counterfeit foreign currency. After completing his sentence, he did not repent and instead conceived a get-rich-quick scheme to produce counterfeit foreign currency, inspired by crime movies. Using a printing factory as a cover for cross-border counterfeiting, at the end of 2021 he invited Yu and others to use the printing factory to manufacture counterfeit foreign currency. After several unsuccessful attempts, they stopped.

By early 2023, Guo and Yu tried again, this time creating high-resolution templates and purchasing advanced equipment, eventually producing about $3.6 million in fake US currency. At the end of 2023, while selling counterfeit foreign currency, Guo and Yu came into contact with Feng Molong, who manufactured fake RMB. Guo and Yu proposed that Feng hand over the sale of counterfeit RMB to their group, agreeing to split the illegal profits 30/70. They posed as ride-hailing drivers to cover their activities and repeatedly sold counterfeit foreign and domestic bills around Nanchong, only to be apprehended by police with the evidence in hand.

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