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The Police of Nariño, in Colombia, in front of Carchi, followed the steps of an organization dedicated to the fraudulent production of American dollars, which once made were interned in several cities in Ecuadorian territory.
In the country, the adulterated currency was sold at lower values or was used to make purchases in large quantities to put it into circulation or supposed loans, indicated Colombian police authorities.
In the rural area of Taminango, in Nariño, 174 km from Tulcán, Enar NA was arrested, who would be responsible for large-scale counterfeiting of American dollars, which were interned and sold in Ecuadorian territory.
Foreigners arrested with counterfeit $450,000; They intended to buy agricultural products in Carchi
The citizen of Colombian origin was arrested in flagrante delicto during a Police action, on a farm where a clandestine complex for the fraudulent production of foreign currency operated, the Police confirmed.
In that place, the police officers found an industrial lithographic machine, lithography plates, inks of various colors, printers, stamps, paper and other elements used for printing 20, 50 and 100 dollar bills.
According to the investigations, the now detained man, in the company of other people, made the money, which he guarded, hid and later packaged to send it to the other side of the border, that is, to Ecuador.
In Ibarra they immobilize a million counterfeit dollars that were intended to be put into circulation
A prosecutor against organized crime from Nariño charged him with the crimes of counterfeiting national or foreign currency, and with trafficking, production and possession of elements intended for counterfeiting currency.
The defendant is serving a security measure in a prison on the Colombian border. The Judicial Investigation Section (Sijin) is carrying out investigations to capture the members of this criminal organization that operates on the Colombian-Ecuadorian border.
Ecuadorian investigators from the Judicial Police indicated that this type of crime has become recurrent.
In the border towns of Carchi and Imbabura, fraudsters have harmed naive rural producers from whom they buy cattle, potatoes and other agricultural products in large quantities with counterfeit currency.
Citizen is prosecuted for carrying two million counterfeit dollars that were allegedly made in Tulcán
They have also received complaints about the purchase of clothing and footwear with this type of adulterated money in large amounts.
“These people do not haggle, nor ask for discounts, they pay what they are asked for, the intention is to get rid of the American currency. They have contacts in Ecuador and are in charge of even selling the dollars at a lower price than the real value,” they warned.
On March 11, 2022, a criminal organization of Colombian origin attempted to enter approximately half a million counterfeit dollars into Ecuador. The alleged fraudsters were arrested in a rural community in the Bolívar canton, in Carchi.
According to the police, the adulterated currency was transported in two safes and initial investigations indicate that it was manufactured by illegal organizations operating in Colombian territory.
While, on March 18, 2022, the Imbabura Police thwarted the circulation of one million counterfeit dollars. The amount of money was intended to be moved through apparent credits or loans outside the law.
The Transnational Crime Investigation Unit (UIDT) dismantled this criminal organization made up of Ecuadorians and foreigners, who were surprised when they were traveling in a white car within the city of Ibarra. (YO)
