Hong Kong News: Police Talker

Chapter 1048 Fake US Dollars

Hearing this, Watson took a breath. He understood the importance of this matter very well.

This shows that these fake US dollars can be circulated openly in the market, because 99% of people cannot tell the difference. In this era, the United States is the world's number one superpower. Discovering fake US dollars in Hong Kong Island is a big deal!

Huang Bingyao continued, "I've already contacted Director Fan of the Finance Department. He'll be here soon, and he'll be bringing professionals with him. Please prepare the relevant materials for this case, and show them to Director Fan when he arrives."

"By the way, are there any survivors? They must not die. If they die, then all our clues will be gone."

Watson understood the importance of the matter and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, Mr. Huang, there are still survivors who are being treated in the hospital. I will go prepare the materials now."

After hanging up the phone, he walked towards Organized Crime and Triad Society and immediately shouted, "Wenzhan, come quickly!"

He Wenzhan immediately trotted over and asked, "Hua Sir, what's wrong?"

Watson said with a grave expression, "The US dollars you seized last night were counterfeit. Immediately arrange for a few more men to go to the hospital and protect the injured. They must not die. Also, review what happened last night and compile a report. I need to report to the director."

He Wenzhan looked at Watson's expression and understood the seriousness of the matter: "Yes, Sir!"

But at this moment, He Wenzhan's cell phone suddenly rang, and Watson motioned him to answer it.

He Wenzhan picked up the phone and shouted angrily shortly after the call was connected: "What, dead? What about the guards?" After gritting his teeth, he said in a deep voice: "Okay, I get it!"

He took a deep breath and said with a grim expression, "Hua Sir, there's news from the hospital. The injured suspects are dead, and the guards have also suffered heavy casualties. A group of people went to the hospital to silence them."

Watson's pupils constricted, and a surge of anger suddenly rose in him. Damn it, who on earth dares to touch my people?

Even so, he suppressed his anger and said, "Alright, ask the injured brothers about the group's appearance and characteristics, compile the information as soon as possible, and have Qiu Gangao and Zhou Xingxing track down the group."

"Okay, Mr. Hua!" He Wenzhan continued apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mr. Hua, I made a mistake this time. I should have sent more people to guard those people."

He didn't expect the matter to be so serious that someone would actually try to silence him.

Watson waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I didn't expect the fake US dollars they made to be so real."

At first, he thought that these were fakes made by someone from Hong Kong Island. Generally speaking, these counterfeit coins can only fool the elderly or those with poor eyesight.

Because the quality of counterfeit currency is generally very poor, a careful person can detect it by touching it. If you look at the color-changing ink under the sun, you can basically tell that it is a counterfeit currency.

So he didn't take it seriously at first. After all, he was lucky enough to come across it while catching the kidnappers, and he thought it was a work of a group of people with touching IQ.

But I didn’t expect that they were a group of experts!

After He Wenzhan sorted out the materials, Watson took him directly to Huang Bingyao's office.

When Watson arrived, he found that Fan Weili was already sitting inside with a few others, and those people were holding US dollars in their hands and conducting research.

Huang Bingyao saw Watson come in and immediately greeted him, "You're finally here, Director Fan. This batch of counterfeit US dollars was discovered last night when Watson and his team were on a mission and accidentally discovered two groups of people trading and arrested them."

Fan Weili asked anxiously, "Watson, are any of those involved in the transaction still alive? These fake US dollars are so perfectly made that even I thought they were real US dollars when I first saw them. Only after handling them and examining them carefully did I notice some differences."

Watson was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry, Director Fan, the people we arrested were killed in the hospital an hour ago, and the guards also suffered heavy casualties. We have met our match this time."

When Huang Bingyao heard this, he glanced at Fan Weili's ugly face and quickly scolded him, "What do you do for a living? How could you let those people be silenced? If you do this, won't our clues be cut off?"

This early scolding was also because he was worried that Watson would be angered by Fan Weili, so he spoke up in advance to defend Watson.

Fan Weili raised his hand and said, "Director Huang, now is not the time to talk about this. Our most important thing now is to find clues."

Watson immediately said solemnly, "I've already arranged for people to find out the identities of those involved in the transaction. As long as they find out their identities, then we can follow this clue and find the people hiding behind it. It should be no problem."

Fan Weili nodded, then said to the person beside him, "Professor Wang, please tell me about the characteristics of this batch of counterfeit US dollars. Now that someone is trading them, it means that this batch of counterfeit US dollars has begun to circulate in Hong Kong Island. We must crack down on it with thundering means and confiscate it."

Professor Wang, a gray-haired old man, adjusted his glasses and said slowly, "There are three major challenges in producing counterfeit US dollars: acid-free paper, gravure printing, and color-shifting ink. Each one is more difficult than the last."

"But the fake US dollars we have now are made of acid-free paper. Ordinary factories can never produce this kind of acid-free paper. It is made of 75% cotton and 25% linen, containing red and blue fibers. It is a special paper."

As he spoke, he picked up a fake US dollar bill and then picked up a real US dollar bill they had brought with them. He looked at them and said, "On paper, there's no difference between these two US dollars."

He then added: "Acid-free paper is only the first hurdle in making counterfeit US dollars, but it already stumps 99 percent of counterfeiters."

"Gravure printing is the second biggest problem. The counterfeit US dollars we have have not solved this problem. There is a certain difference between them and the genuine ones, but the difference is very small. Only professionals can tell the difference."

"This real US dollar bill is engraved intaglio, and the ink is raised and tactile, especially on the portrait collar, which is where you can tell the difference from the fake US dollar bill."

At this point, Professor Wang let out a long sigh and said, "Fortunately, the people who made this batch of fake US dollars haven't overcome this problem yet, otherwise the fake US dollars they made would be real US dollars."

"Because they have already solved the third major problem, the color-changing ink."

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