Three individuals have been arrested by the National Police in Elche, Alicante, on suspicion of counterfeiting currency. They are being accused of using counterfeit 20-euro banknotes to make a payment at a well-known entertainment venue in the city.
The investigation commenced in response to a complaint from the manager of seven entertainment venues in Elche. The manager reported that on multiple evenings, employees discovered three young men allegedly using counterfeit 20-euro bills to pay for their drinks.
The manager clarified that a waiter at one of the locations discovered a fraudulent bill during a security check of a customer’s currency. He promptly notified the security director of the establishment. The same evening, after the store closed, four bills were detected as having obvious signs of counterfeiting, all of which shared the same serial number.
Officers initiated an investigation subsequent to this complaint, which resulted in the identification of a man who may have been involved in the incidents. A few days later, a different individual attempted to make another payment at the same establishment using a counterfeit 20-euro bill. Five additional bills, which were identical to the previous ones, were discovered at the conclusion of the day.
Investigators were able to establish a connection between the crime and three regular consumers of the establishment through the collection of staff testimonies and the progression of the investigation.
Ultimately, the three suspects were apprehended in two distinct segments after being identified, with allegations of currency counterfeiting and fraud. The banknotes in question were forwarded to the Bank of Spain’s Investigation Brigade for analysis and investigation.
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