A 23-YEAR-OLD student, arrested by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch last week for possessing fake notes with a face value of Rs 1.5 lakh, has claimed that he decided to replicate the currency after he received fake notes as payment for products he delivered for an online portal.
The accused, Omkar Bhoir, is a graduate student in Mumbai University and works as a delivery agent for a popular portal. The police said Bhoir claimed that on three occasions, he received payment in fake currency after delivering orders.
‘During interrogation, he said that since he found it difficult to identify fake currency, he decided to print fake notes,’ said Inspector Yogesh Chavan.
He then tried using the fake notes to purchase fruits and vegetables. He would purchase something worth Rs 50 by paying with fake notes with the face value of Rs 500. In return, he would get Rs 400 in genuine notes,’ Chavan said.
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