2023-10-14 07:44:00
In June 2023, the criminal investigation department of the Urfahr-Environment district police command was informed by Austrian customs that a suspicious postal item had been seized. In one package, 307 counterfeit banknotes of 20 euros each – with a face value of 6,140 euros – were found, and banknote counterfeiting was suspected. The seized cash was checked by the Federal Criminal Police Office and it turned out that it was undoubtedly counterfeit money. After extensive investigations, the recipient, a 20-year-old man from the Urfahr-Raum district, was identified.
On June 17, 2023, the criminal investigators from the BPK Urfahr-Raum, with the support of officers from the PI Ottensheim and Puchenau, as well as an IT investigator, carried out the ordered search.
More than 600,000 euros in counterfeit money
In total, the detectives were able to seize counterfeit banknotes with a face value of 365,970 euros.
The banknotes were submitted to an investigation by the Austrian National Bank, which revealed that all of the cash was counterfeit money. Furthermore, during the house search, several electronic data processing devices and utensils for forging credit and ATM cards were seized. Apparently the accused also deals with other types of fraud on the Internet.
The accused purchased the counterfeit money over the Internet. He then sold it to numerous people inside and outside the EU through several online shops he ran. Thanks to the meticulous criminal investigation activities once morest the 20-year-old defendant, it was conclusively proven that he was buying, selling and possessing counterfeit money with a nominal value of more than 600,000 euros.
Size of counterfeit money seizures in Austria
This is likely to be the largest seizure of counterfeit money ever made in Austria.
In the course of the criminal investigations mentioned, evidence of drug trafficking was also found. The 20-year-old defendant was found to have purchased MDMA via the Darknet – as a cover-up he addressed this to his deceased father – and to have produced cannabis herb using an indoor plantation.
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