Police on the tourist island of Phuket in Thailand arrested a tourist from Russia for counterfeit dollars. She attracted attention after she exchanged three fake $50 bills for baht. She brought them to the point along with one real banknote.
It turned out that this is not the only strange currency in the luggage of a 22-year-old vacationer. At the villa in Kamala, which she rented with friends, law enforcement officers found 32 more banknotes of a similar denomination. And they were also mixed with genuine American currency in a certain proportion.
Evgenia was taken to the police station along with three compatriots, but only she was charged. During the interrogation, the Russian woman said that her father “gave her the money to rest.” The authorities did not believe this answer. Now the tourist is suspected of storing counterfeit banknotes, as well as illegally importing them into the country bypassing customs control. She is being checked for links to a transnational group of counterfeiters.
Earlier TourDom.ru He wrote that the Russian was arrested at Phuket airport, accused of money laundering.
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