RUSSIAN, ARMENIAN DETAINED IN UZBEKISTAN FOR ATTEMPT TO SELL $1M BILL

MosNews
April 17 2006

A Russian and an Armenian have been detained in the central Asian
republic of Uzbekistan, while trying to sell a $1 million banknote
at half price, Uzbek prosecutors said Friday.

“The counterfeit banknote was seized as it was being traded off to an
Uzbek national for $500,000,” said Zuraf Yuldashev, senior inspector
at the Prosecutor General’s Office.

The would-be buyer said the men had offered him the bill at a discount,
citing an urgent need for small change.

“An examination has shown that the $1mln banknote was a forgery,
though skillfully made,” Yuldashev said.

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