Not only lost money but also committed a crime
Counterfeit currency manufacturing tools and counterfeit currency seized on site
Zhang met a "master" who made counterfeit money online, and then bought a set of tools from the other party and started to make counterfeit money. As a result, he didn't make any money and put himself in jail.
On December 3, the Huai'an District Procuratorate in Huaian City, Jiangsu Province filed a public prosecution. The court sentenced Zhang to three years in prison for the crime of counterfeiting currency and a fine of 20,000 yuan.
Meet the counterfeit currency "manufacturer" by chance
One day at the end of April 2020, Zhang was bored at home, so he logged in to the QQ game with his mobile phone.
In the meantime, Zhang saw an advertisement selling counterfeit coins at a low price, and Zhang was a little curious about it, so he applied to add the other party as a QQ friend.
The other party told Zhang that he had a large number of counterfeit coins of different denominations, which were of high quality and ensured smooth circulation.
After hearing this, Zhang was very excited, and decided to buy 500 yuan and use it.
The other party agreed, but said that he was in Sichuan, and the counterfeit currency could not be sent by express mail. If Zhang really wanted to buy it, he would go to Sichuan to pick up the goods in person.
Zhang felt that the journey was too far and decided to give up.
While Zhang continued to play the game, the other party sent another message saying that he could teach Zhang the technique of making counterfeit coins so that he could make money while sitting at home.
Hearing that Zhang was interested again, he asked how much money can be used to learn the technology. The other party said that 2000 yuan, and the 2000 yuan includes a printer and a fake currency template. With these two tools, you can directly "make money" at home, Zhang Certain immediately agreed.
Three or four days later, Zhang received the printer from the other party, and then the other party sent the counterfeit currency template file to Zhang via QQ, and asked Zhang to spend another 200 yuan to buy special paper for making counterfeit currency.
Because there is no computer at home, Zhang bought a second-hand computer, and then the other party helped Zhang install the fake currency template on the computer through remote control.
After everything was ready, the other party taught Zhang how to make counterfeit coins through video communication and remote control of the computer.
Following the instructions of the other party, Zhang quickly printed out the first counterfeit currency.
But Zhang found that the color of the counterfeit currency was too light, and he could tell at a glance that it was not true.
After receiving the feedback, the other party asked Zhang to clean the needle of the printer several times. After Zhang did the same, the printed counterfeit currency still failed.
The other party immediately pointed out that this printer was too backward and needed to be replaced with a new one.
In order to make good-quality counterfeit coins, after hesitating for a while, Zhang still transferred 1,000 yuan to the other party.
After receiving the second printer, Zhang found that the color of the printed counterfeit currency was still too light, which was no different from the effect printed by the previous printer, and the printed counterfeit currency was not neat and could not be used at all.
After receiving the feedback, the other party asked Zhang to spend another 300 yuan to buy a powder specially used for rinsing counterfeit coins, saying that this powder can make counterfeit coins feel like real.
Zhang was skeptical, and then transferred 300 yuan to the other party, but the other party has not shipped the goods since then.
Zhang realized that he had been deceived, so he blacked the other party in a fit of anger.
Use white paper to pretend to be counterfeit money for sale
However, after discovering that he was deceived, Zhang was unwilling to give up and decided to study how to solve the problems encountered in making counterfeit coins.
According to the method taught by Sichuanese before, Zhang bought a utility knife and colored inks, and started to make some tricks on his own. Finally, two or three days later, he produced the counterfeit coins he was satisfied with. The face value of these counterfeit coins was 20 yuan, and he made a total of 300 coins. Multiple.
In order to test whether the counterfeit currency he made could enter the market, Zhang decided to use it once.
One night, Zhang brought a few counterfeit coins to a small shop. After shopping for a few items, Zhang took out two 20 yuan counterfeit coins and gave them to the cashier. The cashier took the banknotes and said they were fake. Zhang Moutin quickly dropped his belongings and ran away.
With this experience, Zhang completely lost confidence in the counterfeit currency he made and did not dare to use it anymore.
But thinking that he had already paid thousands of yuan to learn to make counterfeit coins, he was unwilling to recover the cost as soon as possible and decided to find a buyer for the more than 300 counterfeit coins. He posted an advertisement selling counterfeit coins on QQ.
A few days later, someone added Zhang to QQ, and Zhang immediately boasted that the counterfeit currency in his hand was of high quality, which ordinary people would not be able to see.
The other party decided to buy a portion and give it to Zhang for 200 yuan.
After receiving the money, Zhang directly deleted all the contact information of the other party.
Before long, a man who claimed to be from Hunan took the initiative to contact Zhang, saying that he wanted to buy counterfeit coins.
The two parties agreed to conduct the transaction at 1:6 of the face value of the counterfeit currency, and agreed that the Hunanese would come to Huai'an to pick up the goods.
On June 7, 2020, a Hunan man came to Huai'an to meet with Zhang and asked for 1,000 counterfeit coins, but Zhang only had more than 300. What should I do?
He cut white paper into paper the same size as the counterfeit currency to pass as the counterfeit currency, and bundled it into 10 bundles, each with several counterfeit coins on the top and bottom of each bundle.
After making preparations, Zhang drove to the agreed place to meet with the Hunan man.
After getting in the car, the Hunanese found that the counterfeit currency was not of good quality, so he proposed to lower the price and asked Zhang to drive him back, passing the counterfeit currency on the way.
After hearing this, Zhang worried that he would be discovered by the other party, and proposed to either take the goods away or stop the transaction.
The Hunanese then got out of the car and left.
Friends actively asked to join in making counterfeit money
A few days later, when Zhang was frustrated for not being able to recover the cost of making counterfeit coins, the Hunan native contacted Zhang again and asked how much he had on hand. Zhang said that there were only 300 copies, and the Hunanese asked Zhang to have more. Prepare some and make an appointment to take someone to see the goods the next day.
Considering that he was going to work the next day, Zhang called his friend Wu and asked him to connect with the Hunanese on his own behalf, and Wu immediately agreed.
The next day, Wu brought counterfeit coins to meet with the Hunanese.
After seeing the counterfeit currency, the other party thought that the quality was too poor and the quantity was too small, and finally decided not to use it.
Wu had to take the counterfeit money back.
But this meeting with the Hunanese actually moved Wu.
People from Hunan told Wu that they have many customers, so long-term cooperation is possible as long as they are of good quality and large in quantity. This makes Wu very excited.
After returning home, Wu took the initiative to propose to Zhang to cooperate in the production of counterfeit coins.
Zhang said that the printer was not good, and the quality of the printed counterfeit currency was not high, so Wu immediately transferred it to Zhang for 2,600 yuan and asked Zhang to replace it with a printer with good performance.
But at this time, Zhang didn't want to continue doing it. He dragged on and didn't buy a new printer. Instead, he used the original printer to teach Wu how to make counterfeit coins. Wu successively produced 20 counterfeit coins with a face value of 20 yuan.
In June 2020, the Chongqing Public Security Bureau analyzed data on relevant platforms and found several important clues about the dens suspected of forging counterfeit coins through printing methods. Afterwards, following along, they discovered the transaction records of Zhang's purchase of raw materials for making counterfeit coins through the Internet. The clue was then transferred to the police in Huaian, Jiangsu.
On July 1, the Huai'an police filed an investigation against Zhang. On August 11, Zhang was arrested and brought to justice. Computers, printers, colored inks, utility knives and other items used for counterfeit currency were seized at his home, as well as items with a face value of 10 yuan. There were 22 counterfeit coins and 467 counterfeit coins with a face value of 20 yuan.
Zhang confessed to the fact that he made counterfeit money.
Wu was suspected of making counterfeit coins but the circumstances were minor. On April 13, 2021, he was sentenced to administrative detention for 15 days by the public security organ.
Zhang Shihai