– Based on this, the criminal case against the woman who tried to use the vouchers has been dropped. Møre and Romsdal police district will help the woman to replace the value as the notes have been assessed as damaged in accordance with Norges Bank’s regulations, they write in a press release. Tendency to be fake The police write that the initial investigation showed tendencies which suggested that the bills were forged. -Further investigation, including analysis from Kripos, has concluded that the bills are genuine. In this case, we saw it as important to get information out quickly to prevent the spread of what could be fake cash during a high season for trading. This information turned out to be wrong, we apologize for that, they write. The police also thought this note was fake. He wasn’t. Photo: Police in Møre og Romsdal Investigating the case The case started at the beginning of November when a shop in Ålesund had a female customer. – She tried to pay, but they had a CashGuard and it didn’t accept the card. They then called the police because they suspected that it was not real, police attorney Hanne Egeness told news when they started the investigation. She also mentioned that a patrol came to the scene and that they saw quite quickly that the seat was not genuine, even though it had both a watermark and different serial numbers. – The woman is accused of passing off these forged bills as genuine, said Egeness. The case against the woman has now been dismissed.
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Fake notes were not fake after all – the police apologize and drop the criminal case – news Møre og Romsdal – Local news, TV and radio
