The National Bank told which foreign banknotes were forged most often this year

The National Bank told which foreign banknotes were forged most often this year

Kyiv  •  UNN

December 6 2023, 12:53 PM  •  133314 views

In the first ten months of 2023, the Ukrainian authorities seized 439 counterfeit banknotes in US dollars and 13 euros, and most often counterfeit banknotes in denominations of 100 dollars, 50 euros and 200 euros

in the first ten months of this year, 439 pieces of counterfeit US Dollar banknotes and 13 pieces of counterfeit Euro banknotes were seized. Most often, the attackers forged банк 100 banknotes. This was reported to the journalist UNN in the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine.

a small number of counterfeit foreign currency banknotes are withdrawn directly from circulation. In the first ten months of 2023, 439 pieces of counterfeit US Dollar banknotes and 13 pieces of counterfeit Euro banknotes were seized. Forgeries of foreign currency are most often seized by cash employees of banks, as well as non - bank financial institutions-currency exchange offices. There is no increase in the number of seized foreign currency forgeries

- reported in the NBU.

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the National Bank noted that among the counterfeit foreign currency banknotes withdrawn from circulation for ten months of 2023, the predominance of:

* US dollars (97% of all counterfeit foreign currency banknotes seized);

* Euro (3%).

Most often, malefactors forged foreign banknotes of such denominations:

* 1 100 (90% of the total amount of counterfeit US dollars seized);

* 50 and 200 euros (46% and 38% of the total amount of counterfeit euros seized, respectively).

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