A man has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates for tricking a woman into trying to get change at the central bank for two souvenir US$1 million notes he persuaded her were real, a local daily said on Sunday.
“The suspect claimed that he was not aware that the notes do not have any value,” the National quoted Colonel Hammad Ahmed al-Hamadi of the Abu Dhabi police as saying.
The 44-year-old suspect persuaded the woman to exchange the fake notes at the UAE central bank in return for 30 percent of their value after convincing her they were authentic, the report said citing police sources.
A photo in the newspaper shows a bill with starkly different colors on its two sides — one side is mainly black and white, while the other is mainly green.
The black and white side features a picture of the first US president, George Washington, whose image is found on US$1 bills.
The man who was arrested by Abu Dhabi police is from the Ivory Coast, the newspaper said. It did not provide details on the woman, and did not say whether or not she had been arrested.
In June, three Iranians attempted to fraudulently obtain US$14.4 billion from the UAE central bank using fake documents,WAM, the UAE’s official news agency, reported. Two were arrested, while the third was reportedly still at large in Iran.
And in January, Abu Dhabi police arrested seven men for attempting to steal US$10.2 billion from the central bank, also using forged documents, WAM said.(AFP)
上週日一家當地日報報導,有位男子在阿拉伯聯合大公國遭逮捕,因為他告訴一位女性兩張一百萬美元的玩具紀念鈔票是真鈔,並要她前往中央銀行,兌換這兩張紀念鈔。
阿聯國家報引述阿布達比警方的哈瑪德•阿爾•哈瑪迪上校表示,「嫌犯聲稱不知道這鈔票沒有任何價值。」
該報導引述警方消息來源表示,四十四歲的嫌犯說服了該女性這些是真鈔,並使她到阿聯中央銀行換這些鈔票,並承諾給她換來金額的百分之三十。
一張刊登在該報的照片,顯示兩邊顏色明顯不同的一張鈔票─有一面是黑白為主,而另一面主要為綠色。
黑白那一面有個美國第一任總統,喬治•華盛頓的肖像,這肖像也在一元美元的鈔票上。
該報報導,遭阿布達比警方逮捕的男性來自科特迪瓦。並沒有對該女性多加描述,也沒表示她是否遭逮捕。
官方的阿聯酋通訊社六月份報導,三位伊朗人士企圖自阿聯央行,以造假的文件獲得一百四十四億美元。有兩位遭逮捕,據報導第三位尚在伊朗逍遙法外。
阿聯酋通訊社表示,阿布達比警方一月份逮捕了七位企圖自央行竊取一百零二億美元的人,他們同樣是使用造假的文件。
(法新社�翻譯:吳岱璟)
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