Three Frenchmen arrested for allegedly making fake euro notes

[Thaivisa News]

Pattaya, Chon Buri:- Pattaya police and anti-international crime police have arrested three Frenchmen for having allegedly made and sold fake euro banknotes.

Camille Cinerlli, 30, Elie Maghames, 28, and Alexander Jean la Rocca, 31, were accused of mailing the fake banknotes to their customers in several European nations by hiding them inside Thai cartoon books.

Chon Buri Police chief Pol Maj Gen Nitipong Niamnoi and other senior police officers announced the arrest at a press conference Friday.

Nitipong said the three were arrested Thursday after the French embassy’s police attaché sought help from the Thai police.

The French embassy informed the Thai police that several parcels from Thailand that contained fake euro banknotes inserted in cartoon books were seized in France. The parcels were mailed from Pattaya.

Following the information from the embassy, the Chon Buri anti-international crime center conducted an investigation and learned that the three Frenchmen had mailed several parcels to France and other European countries. Police also seized 105 fake euro banknotes from the parcels.

Nitipong said police obtained an arrest warrant against the three from the Pattaya Provincial Court Thursday and they raided three houses where the three were staying and arrested them.

The Chon Buri police chief said police seized 28 items of devices for making the fake notes.

Nitipong said the three admitted that they have been collaborating in making and selling the fake banknotes.

He said Cinerlli and Maghames learned how to make the fake notes from Internet and had downloaded an application for preparing files for making fake 50 euro notes.

They save the files of the fake notes on flash drives and printed them with printers of la Rocca and Maghames, Nitipong said.

They sold the notes at the rate of 15 to 17 euro per note to customers in France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Germany and Greece, causing damage about dozens of millions of baht.

[Myran]

"anti-international crime police"? Why is the police in question against international?

[Lite Beer]

Pattaya Police arrest 3 Frenchmen running Fake Euro mail-order Business

Pattaya Police, in conjunction with the French Embassy in Bangkok, have shut-down a Fake Euro mail-order business allegedly run by three Frenchmen who would produce fake 50 euro bank notes and would send them via Post to customers around the world.

Police Major General Nittipong, the Provincial Police Commander announced the arrests at a Press Conference at Pattaya Police Station on Friday afternoon, attended by the 3 suspects.

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-- Pattaya One 2015-03-07

[OOLEEBER]

See. Some Frenchmen can look French.

[soalbundy]

The one on the right doesn't look happy,the one on the left has a nice muslim type beard, doesn't look trustworthy, would you buy a forged bank note from a man looking like this?

[godden]

Ahhh, the french again.

[maidee]

busted !

[Tchooptip]

The one on the right doesn't look happy,the one on the left has a nice muslim type beard, doesn't look trustworthy, would you buy a forged bank note from a man looking like this?

If you allow me, looking trustworthy or not, I would not buy a forged note bank note from any one

[soalbundy]

The one on the right doesn't look happy,the one on the left has a nice muslim type beard, doesn't look trustworthy, would you buy a forged bank note from a man looking like this?

If you allow me, looking trustworthy or not, I would not buy a forged note bank note from any one

maybe i should have put a little smiley at the end of my post so you would understand it better

[longstebe]

The one on the right doesn't look happy,the one on the left has a nice muslim type beard, doesn't look trustworthy, would you buy a forged bank note from a man looking like this?

I'm taking a wild guess that the customers wouldn't have seen his face, unless he hand delivered them of course.

[angsta]

Alexander Jean la Rocca doesn't sound very...hang on, yes he does.

My narrow world view can rest easily again.

Don't want to upset ze Germans

[Daffy D]

"He said Cinerlli and Maghames learned how to make the fake notes from Internet and had downloaded an application for preparing files for making fake 50 euro notes.

They save the files of the fake notes on flash drives and printed them with printers of la Rocca and Maghames, Nitipong said"

Tell me it can't be that easy

[Robby nz]

So it would seem the EU is the only one allowed to print fake euros.

Still if these gents had used them to buy EU bonds instead of sending them in french letters books they might have got away with it.

[micmichd]

You need at least special paper to make Euros look real.

Where did they get the paper from?

[96tehtarp]

North Africans with French passports?

Didn't their parents teach them that crime doesn't pay.

[kingalfred]

The shame as they avoid looking straight. Hope there family (in some other country) see the news

[longstebe]

The shame as they avoid looking straight. Hope there family (in some other country) see the news

Doubt they'll see it unless their sitting in a hotel in Pattaya.

[Thorgal]

The one on the right doesn't look happy,the one on the left has a nice muslim type beard, doesn't look trustworthy, would you buy a forged bank note from a man looking like this?

'Elie' doesn't sound like a Muslim name...

[Thorgal]

North Africans with French passports?

Didn't their parents teach them that crime doesn't pay.

Camille, Elie and Alexander...are real North African names nowadays...?

[soihok]

French guys seem to be having a bad run in Thailand at the moment.

[tragickingdom]

Attracted by the hookers and flashy lights they opted for Thailand and of all places Pattaya. Great thinking. Bet they used the same routine, same postoffice, same people for every delivery. Going for a country whose mail is routinely opened by Thai or European authorities is pretty weird.

[tonytigerbkk]

Is that guy with the beard David Truscott or is he just a lookalike?

Edited March 7, 2015 by tonytigerbkk

[manarak]

See. Some Frenchmen can look French.

Looks can be deceiving... the family names give them away

[trainman34014]

The way the Euro is going they would have soon been selling them a lot cheaper than they have been !

[happy Joe]

Three well known in Marseille Francophone community pattaya. Camille ran a particularly nice Soi Buakao scooter rental business. Alex sold his laundry last year.

I do not know the third Elie

[ratcatcher]

North Africans with French passports?

Didn't their parents teach them that crime doesn't pay.

"North Africans with French passports?"

Are you oblivious to the fact that most of north west Africa was under French colonial control prior to and even after WW2?

These guys may have come from Algeria, Tunisia or Maroc.

Plenty of Hong Kong Chinese with British passports.

Gone are the days when you could tell a person's nationality by his name.

[mango66]

I am confused !!

really confused !!

The last 3 french they catched for crime had dark scin !!

Does the french now have dark scin,

or muslim bears ?

Can someone mail a pic of Napoleon so thatt we can compare - french and non french ??

[mango66]

"He said Cinerlli and Maghames learned how to make the fake notes from Internet and had downloaded an application for preparing files for making fake 50 euro notes.

They save the files of the fake notes on flash drives and printed them with printers of la Rocca and Maghames, Nitipong said"

Tell me it can't be that easy

you even can use a good copy machine !

You just have to find the kind of peple to whom you can pay with this fake notes !!

[Wayisee]

Soalbundy, a crime has nothing to do with religion, don't have to remind you of statistics, and names referred don't match Islamic name, the Kings of Europe had beards.

[ratcatcher]

I am confused !!

really confused !!

The last 3 french they catched for crime had dark scin !!

Does the french now have dark scin,

or muslim bears ?

Can someone mail a pic of Napoleon so thatt we can compare - french and non french ??

I am confused !!

really confused !!

You said it mate. Any further comment is superfluous.