Overview
- Restaurant staff spotted the fake €50 on October 30 and alerted the Federal Police, who handed the teen to Bamberg criminal investigators.
- A subsequent search in Bad Berka uncovered another counterfeit €50 bearing the same serial number as the seized note.
- Officers also found paper blanks intended for counterfeiting and a compatible printer during the bedroom search.
- Authorities have opened investigations for money forgery and for putting counterfeit currency into circulation.
- Police say it remains under investigation whether the youth manufactured the banknotes himself, with forensic work ongoing.