Owner of wedding card printing facility produces, stores and circulates counterfeit money
Information on downloading sample images of 500,000 VND polymer banknotes from the internet to your computer, using editing software, printing counterfeit money for consumption.
On May 19, the People's Court of Can Tho City sentenced defendant Nguyen Phi Thong to 14 years in prison for making and circulating counterfeit money. Mai Tuan Khanh (27 years old) was sentenced to 9 years in prison for storing and circulating counterfeit money.Defendants Vo Van Hue (22 years old) 14 years in prison, Truong Huu Phong (29 years old) 13 years in prison, Nguyen Van Tinh (28 years old) 11 years in prison, Nguyen Thanh Liem (35 years old) 8 years in prison, Ly Truong Thanh (26 years old) 7 years in prison and Tran Vu Truong (27 years old) 3 years in prison all for the crime of circulating counterfeit money.
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| The defendants at trial. |
According to the indictment, Nguyen Phi Thong is the owner of a wedding invitation printing facility. On September 7, 2019, Thong watched a clip online and then had the idea of making counterfeit money. Thong downloaded a sample image of a 500,000 VND polymer bill to his computer and used software to edit the size and color accordingly.
Then, Thong took A4 paper and put it into a color inkjet printer to print fake money. The total amount of fake money Thong made was 98 million VND, then asked Hue to introduce and sell it to earn more than 10 million VND.
The panel of judges determined that the defendants' actions directly violated the State's financial management rights, monetary policy and administrative management order, and at the same time negatively affected social order and safety.
Based on the level of violation of each defendant, the panel of judges sentenced the defendant to the above sentence. Nguyen Phi Thong was the one who produced and circulated the counterfeit money, while Hue played a supporting role, so they were both sentenced to 14 years in prison./.
