The police return with new details regarding the “props” banknotes confiscated in Constanța. How many cheats have taken place with this type of banknotes
The Romanian police informed, on Saturday, that 227 criminal files were registered on Saturday, at national level, with the object of deception committed by the use of false banknotes, of type “Copy”, officially classified in the category of false “Design”, informs Agerpres. IGPR details come one day after announcing the capture of a lot of 4.8 million banknotes, with a total nominal value of 960 million euros.
“This type of banknote, although it presents the inscription” Propy “, was identified and classified as a means of counterfeiting by the European Central Bank, being included in an official decision of the EU governors' Council of December 2020, in the context of combating the phenomenon throughout the European Union,” said IGPR.
According to the quoted source, the action of the Romanian Police does not represent a simple confiscation of props, but is the result of an operative action, carried out within the International Decy III operation, under the aegis of Empact, and coordinated by Europol, aiming to prevent and combat an criminal operating mode that has already caused significant damage, in the European Union and, in Romania.
Comparable to the “accident” method
The “propory” method is comparable, in terms of social and economic impact, with other well -known deception methods, such as: the “accident” method – in which the victims are approached by telephone and determined to offer large amounts of money under the pressure of a false dramatic event; The method of computer offenses-in which citizens are manipulated to provide data or transfer money based on false messages or sites. In all these cases, the victims are misleading by means that exploit the lack of information, confidence in appearances or emotions of the moment. Likewise, in the case of “propy” banknotes, the injured persons are fooled by seemingly ordinary transactions, such as sales of goods, foreign exchange, and the damages are not symbolic, but real and quantifiable, “the Romanian Police stressed.
In this context, it is stated in the statement, “the intervention of the Romanian Police concerns, by confiscating these banknotes, the prevention of their use for criminal purposes, to avoid the multiplication of deception and the emergence of new victims”.
“The Romanian Police reaffirms their commitment to act firmly, within the national and European legal framework, to protect the economic and financial safety of the citizens, and call on the media and public opinion to treat this phenomenon with responsibility,” the quoted statement said.
Important capture in the port of Constanta
On Friday, the police announced that it has captured 160 packages with counterfeit banknotes in the category of false encoded at European level 'Alter Design' in Constanța port.
In 40 boxes there were 1,200,000 banknotes of 500 euros (600,000,000 euros), without series, and of 20 boxes contained 600,000 banknotes of 200 euros (120,000,000 euros), without series.
Another 60 boxes contained 1,800,000 banknotes of 100 euros (180,000,000 euros), with series, while in 40 boxes 1,200,000 banknotes of 50 euros (60,000,000 euros) were found, with series.
Shortly after the communication of the authorities, discussions about money appeared in the public space, which, according to the images transmitted by the police, are registered “propy” (“copy of the props”).
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The police came back in a Facebook post, saying that the people who ordered the banknotes did not intend to use them in movies, but to introduce them in circulation.
“I saw the comments and jokes about” movie money “. That's right, they wrote “propp copy”, but those who ordered them did not plan to play in a movie-but to “introduce them to the scenario” elsewhere: in the real circuit. We know that it seems fun at first glance, but that's exactly how many cheating attempts begin: with something that “looks” harmless. Therefore, our intervention was a preventive, not “spectacular” one, to prevent some people from becoming victims, as has happened in other cases. Better to be ironized because we acted on time, than to regret that we did not do it ”, it is written in the post.
