Attempt to produce counterfeit banknotes with a face value of at least five million US dollars: Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland files indictment against two suspects
Bern, 25.3.2024 - The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has filed an indictment in the Federal Criminal Court against a 72-year-old Swiss national resident in the canton of Thurgau and a 49-year-old Swiss national resident in the canton of Aargau. They are alleged to have jointly built and operated a highly professional counterfeiting workshop in the canton of Zurich, with the aim of producing and thereafter circulating forged 50-dollar banknotes with a face value of at least USD 5 million. The 49-year-old suspect is also charged with the unlawful production of narcotics and with being in possession of just under 300 kg of various types of prohibited cannabis products (drug-type hemp).