Aussies Charged Over Fake Money, Credit Cards

[george]

Aussies charged over fake money, credit cards

BANGKOK: -- Two middle-aged Australian men were paraded in front of the media Wednesday following their arrest in Bangkok for alleged fraud related offences.

The two men, both from Sydney, were arrested in a department store in suburban Min Buri on Monday in possession of fake credit cards and counterfeit money, police said.

Immigration police detained the pair after store owners reported they were behaving suspiciousฌly.

John Husein Lerovski, 46, and Vasilos Laskaris, 50, were presented at a press conference at Suan Phlu immigration detention centre, where police displayed 10 fake credit cards and other items reportedly found in their possession.

-- The Nation 2007-01-24

[Chang_paarp]

Whilst Australia is a multicultural society, these folk seem to be from one of the minorities, or maybe, travelling on false documents to keep the cards company.

[bannork]

Whilst Australia is a multicultural society, these folk seem to be from one of the minorities, or maybe, travelling on false documents to keep the cards company.

So we will have to start referring to Euro, Balkan, Grecian, Slavian- Australians soon, along the lines of Afro and Hispanic Americans.

For the word' Aussie' surely conjures up a picture of a outgoing white cricketer or surfer, drinking beer whilst having a barbeque and being 'mates' with everyone.

[Farma]

Aussies arrested on credit card fraud

TWO Australian men had been charged in Thailand with credit card fraud and currency counterfeiting.

John Husein Lerovski, 46, and Vasilios Laskaris, 50, both of NSW, were arrested at a department store in central Bangkok, police said.

The men, who had arrived in Thailand earlier this month, were allegedly found with up to 10 credit cards when searched at a department store after making purchases with the cards in the name of a Roy A Finlay.

A later search at a Bangkok apartment allegedly uncovered counterfeit US dollars and chemicals and equipment to reproduce fake US dollar notes.

The men, currently held at the Immigration Detention Centre, each could face a jail term of up to seven years and fines of 140,000 baht (A$5,000).

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0...5003402,00.html

[sriracha john]

I wonder if Mr. Lerovski used a fake credit card to pay for the "old Kuwaiti dinars" he was desperately seeking to buy in this internet ad from 1999

http://www.intgate.org/09/891.html

[Tony Clifton]

I wonder if Mr. Lerovski used a fake credit card to pay for the "old Kuwaiti dinars" he was desperately seeking to buy in this internet ad from 1999

http://www.intgate.org/09/891.html

Posted by JOHN HUSEIN LEROVSKI on February 10, 1999 at 02:45:30:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

IF YOU HAVE OLD KUWAITI DINARS I WILL PROVE THAT WE CAN BUY THEMAS I REALLY HAVE A BUYER. THIS CAN BE PROVEN AT YOUR REQUETS AND BY THE

WAY WE DEAL WITH THE REAL SELLERS.

IF YOU ARE CLOSE TO THE SELLER OR YOU ARE A SELLERS MANDATE YOU WILL NOT BE WASTING YOUR TIME IN DROPPING ME A LINE PLEASE DO THIS URGENTLY AS WE NEED OKD'S

THIS IS A REAL OFFER AND NOT JUST TALK.

REGARDS

JOHN

----------------------------------------------------------

"5 years in Bang Kwang Prison, THIS IS A REAL OFFER AND NOT JUST TALK."

Edited January 24, 2007 by Tony Clifton

[farangsay]

Whilst Australia is a multicultural society, these folk seem to be from one of the minorities, or maybe, travelling on false documents to keep the cards company.

So we will have to start referring to Euro, Balkan, Grecian, Slavian- Australians soon, along the lines of Afro and Hispanic Americans.

For the word' Aussie' surely conjures up a picture of a outgoing white cricketer or surfer, drinking beer whilst having a barbeque and being 'mates' with everyone.

No the people you are thinking of here are either

recent immigrants from the "white commonwealth"

or descendants of same who were transferred there

for sometimes unjustified convictions for criminal

activities in the same region.

"Aussies" are referred to by these people as "Abos".

It can be confusing can't it ?

[astral]

Just how do you fake those plastic notes they use "down under"??

[sbk]

Just how do you fake those plastic notes they use "down under"??

A later search at a Bangkok apartment allegedly uncovered counterfeit US dollars and chemicals and equipment to reproduce fake US dollar notes.

I believe Australian notes are nearly impossible to counterfeit.