A 26-year-old woman who created counterfeit notes for her living expenses was arrested on Monday, according to the Daegu Dalseong police.
The woman, identified by her last name Choi, had used a color printer to forge three 50,000 won notes and 36 1,000 won notes. She spent the fake money at small bakeries and buses, where the notes’ shoddiness could go unnoticed.
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“The notes were easily identifiable as counterfeit,” said the Dalseong police.
A number of police reports prompted the investigation leading to the arrest.
The police said Choi had no job and committed the crime to cover her living expenses.
According to Statistics Korea, in March 2016, the number of unemployed youth between 15 and 29 years old reached 520,000, a 14 percent increase from the year before.
By Lim Jeong-yeo (
kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)