Man Arrested in Seoul After Trying to Deposit Fake 800 Billion Won Check
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- A man tried to deposit four checks worth 200 billion won each at a bank in Seoul's Mapo district.
- A teller suspected the checks were fraudulent, alerted police and helped secure the man's arrest.
- Police confirmed the checks were fake and are investigating their source and whether others directed the suspect.
A man walked into a bank in Seoul's Mapo district carrying four checks worth 200 billion won each and tried to deposit them into an account. The combined value was 800 billion won, about 18.8 billion New Taiwan dollars.
The teller found the transaction suspicious and asked to verify the checks before notifying police. Officers from Mapo Police Station later confirmed that all four checks were counterfeit and arrested the suspect, identified only as Mr. A, inside the bank.
Police are still working to determine where the fake checks came from and whether anyone else instructed the suspect to use them.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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