NSC's Revelation: 187 Fake 100 USD Banknotes Found in Book-Hideout

The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia reports that three citizens of Georgia attempted to import and appropriate 187 fake 100 USD banknotes into Armenia in 2002.

According to the NSS, these individuals used a specially designed book-hideout for counterfeit banknotes. On January 24, 2002, they transferred these banknotes through the 'Bagratashen' checkpoint via a taxi route from Tbilisi to Yerevan. The suspects, identified as Y. Khutsishvili, A. Chobanyan, and Z. Vardosanyan, concealed the banknotes within a thick Georgian book with specially cut pages.

In Yerevan, they managed to sell 21 of the banknotes, purchasing gold jewelry and food in exchange.