29 August 2010
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 one million dollar 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 colours 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 one dollar 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 14.4 billion dollars from the UAE central bank using fake documents, official WAM 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 10.2 billion dollars from the central bank, also using forged documents, WAM said.
Source: Breitbart.
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