Overview
- A Marina Bay Sands cage cashier noticed the word “COPY” on a S$100 Portrait Series note during a cash deposit and reported the case to police after the customer tried to deposit S$150,000 on Monday.
- Officers from the Central Police Division and the Commercial Affairs Department escorted the man to his hotel room, where a woman was seen leaving with a printer before she was detained.
- A search found 121 counterfeit S$100 notes in the woman’s possession and seized alleged counterfeiting tools including bottled ink, paper and a paper cutter.
- The 33-year-old man and the 25-year-old woman, both Chinese nationals, were charged on Wednesday with engaging in a conspiracy to counterfeit Singapore currency and will return to court on a later date.
- Under Singapore law the offence carries up to 20 years’ jail and a fine, and police urged the public to call 999, limit handling of suspected notes and hand them to authorities to help prevent circulation.