A crossborder group specialized in putting forged currency into circulation has been annihilated. It consisted of a number of Moldovans whose duty was to put counterfeit €50 and €100 bills brought from abroad into circulation, IPN reports.

According to the General Police Inspectorate, the 35-year-old leader of the group from Orhei smuggled the bills into Moldova, while the other members exchanged them by different illegal schemes.

The leader was caught in the act of selling a sum of 15,000 forged euros. During the investigations, the police found forged euro bills, stamps of Romanian notarial offices and electronic chips with information at the places of the group members. There was seized a sum of 16,000 counterfeit euros.

The members of the group face five to ten years behind bars for putting forged currency into circulation.