Who said S. Korea isn’t taking the counterfeiting issue seriously?

Apparently the North Koreans aren’t the only ones on the peninsula trading in funny money. Up in Uijeongbu (of course!), a 21-year old U.S. Army private (of course!) is under investigation after he paid a taxi driver (of course!) with three counterfeit 10,000-won bills.
Police have asked USFK to turn the private over so that the source of the counterfeit bills can be determined.

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on April 7, 2006 at 11:20 am, filed under ROK-US Issues, Stupid Foreigner Tricks. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

4 Comments

  1. judge judy your flag
    Posted April 7, 2006 at 12:10 pm | Permalink

    he can kiss his macau account goodbye.

  2. Robert your flag
    Posted April 7, 2006 at 12:17 pm | Permalink

    That was pretty funny.

  3. Iceberg your flag
    Posted April 7, 2006 at 12:20 pm | Permalink

    That must be one savvy taxi driver.

  4. R. Elgin your flag
    Posted April 20, 2006 at 12:44 pm | Permalink

    How about this interesting BBC article:

    US pressure on ‘criminal’ N Korea

    South Korean police this month uncovered a haul of 700 fake $100 bills.

    “They’re about 95% identical to the real thing,” said Suh Tae-suk, South Korea’s leading expert on counterfeit currency, “but there’s a slight difference in the texture of the paper and the make-up of the chemicals, so experts can still spot them.”

    Most of the notes are brought in from China; and organised crime networks are reported to be distributing them in Asia, and through Russia into Europe. American officials say they have no doubt the notes are manufactured in North Korea.

    This could get more interesting with time.

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  1. By North Korea Has New Competition in the Counterfeit Money Market « on October 24, 2006 at 5:41 pm

    [...] The new 2ID move to print counterfeit money did not get off to a good start; from the Marmot’s Hole: Apparently the North Koreans aren¿t the only ones on the peninsula trading in funny money. Up in Uijeongbu (of course!), a 21-year old U.S. Army private (of course!) is under investigation after he paid a taxi driver (of course!) with three counterfeit 10,000-won bills. Police have asked USFK to turn the private over so that the source of the counterfeit bills can be determined. [...]

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