bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

hooksAmpRedirectArticle

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

paywallTypes

createdDate

publishedDate

urlAlias

moreOnThisArticles

sponsorType

commentCount

authorLocations

authors

corrections

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

articleSpeeches

socialHeadline

headline

images

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

sponsor

pdfFiles

seriesReverseOrder

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

readingTime

customTimezone

liveContents

Nectar Gan

A university student from eastern China has gone on trial for allegedly forging banknotes with a file of A4 paper and a printer, according to a newspaper report.
The 20-year-old student who studies in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province could face between three and 10 years in jail if convicted, the Beijing Morning News said.
Prosecutors said the student had produced 262 fake 20 yuan (HK$24) banknotes with a printer and a pile of A4 paper with silver lines through it that he bought online in January, the report said. 
He also downloaded a set of renminbi banknote templates from a website.
READ MORE: China to issue new 100 yuan note to counter the counterfeits
The student, whose full name was not given in the report, attempted to pay for a delivered package with a fake banknote he had printed, but the counterfeit was spotted by the mail man.
He took the printer and forged notes to school in March and hid them in the library, the report said. 
A security guard found them when he was making his rounds and called the police.
 The student said in court that he had printed the notes out of curiosity and did not want to profit from them.
“In fact what I did was just some ordinary printing, like printing photos. It's just a coincidence that I printed out patterns of RMB banknotes,” he was quoted as saying.
Asked why he did not destroy the notes, knowing that he could not use them, Chen said he wanted to save them for the grave-sweeping festival and burn them as a tribute to his father, who died when he was 13.
 


Chinese university student 'forged banknotes with pile of A4 paper, printer'

The student says he printed his fake 20 yuan notes out of curiousity and never intended to profit from it. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Painter's hand in 90 per cent of China's fake notes

A bank teller checks yuan banknotes. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong police sound warning over upgraded fake HK$1,000 banknote

A police officer shines a light on a real and fake HK$1,000 banknote. Photo: Sam Tsang

Beijing fish market owner tried over counterfeit cash

The woman said she occasionally received fake notes from customers in the market and had not meant to give them to the bank. Photo: SCMP Pictures

News

China

People & Culture