Yesterday, the Fuzhou Public Security Bureau announced that the economic crime investigation team of the bureau recently destroyed a criminal gang which has been purchasing and selling counterfeit currency since the beginning of the year. This is the largest such gang in the whole province; counterfeit banknotes with a denomination value of 1.03 million yuan were seized, including 100-yuan, 50-yuan, 20-yuan and 10-yuan notes. The serial numbers of the counterfeit hundred-yuan notes mostly start with CE86 and CH31, and their degree of simulation is slightly higher than the previously seen HD counterfeit banknotes.
According to the police, since January 20th this year, the Economic Investigation Team has conducted an in-depth investigation based on clues discovered by the Xiadu Police Station in Cangshan District regarding Zheng Moucou, a man from Tingping, Minhou, who was found illegally holding 90 thousand yuan worth of counterfeit money. They have gradually obtained information regarding a group of people from Tingping, Minhou, who are professionally engaged in purchasing and selling counterfeit currency.