Austrian arrested after losing wallet full of fake notes
Last updated on: 26 September,2018 08:41 pm
Under questioning he admitted buying the fake notes online in order to buy drugs with them.
VIENNA (AFP) - A 22-year-old Austrian man might have thought himself lucky after police in the city of Eisenstadt found his lost wallet - had it not been full of ten fake 50 euro notes.
Having discovered the notes, the police were able to track down the man thanks to his identity card - also in the wallet - and arrested him.
Under questioning he admitted buying the fake notes online in order to buy drugs with them.
On Tuesday Austrian police announced they had helped identify and catch a forger in Poland suspected of selling 10,000 euros’ ($11,800) worth of fake 50 euro notes over the so-called darknet.