millionaire profit with fake dollars

My friends, this was taken from Correio da Manhã newspaper:

http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/nacional/portugal/lucro-milionario-com-dolares-falsos

Guimarães: Judgment must begin soon

millionaire profit with fake dollars

Four defendants accused of falsifying of one million two hundred thousand dollars. They were caught by the Judicial Police in Guimarães Shopping.

Enticed by the possibility of earning large sums of money, four men decided to put together a scheme to counterfeit U.S. dollars. At the beginning of last year arranged a buyer who would deliver fake one million two hundred thousand dollars , the equivalent of more than 930 thousand euros. Were intercepted by PJ of Vila Real - which was already investigating - they went in Guimarães Shopping undertake the delivery of money. Begin to be tried soon in the Court of Guimarães.

The four defendants had different roles in the scheme. José Manuel Salgado, 57, would be in charge of printing the counterfeit dollars. José Abreu, 50, Apolinario Araujo, 34, and Rui Ferreira, 33, would make contacts to find a buyer. According to the indictment from the Department of Investigation and Penal Action of OPorto, the four men - two are unemployed and other sellers of automotive - effected several contacts with a buyer named 'Michael' who was never identified by authorities. Combined to deliver the counterfeit money. In return they would receive around 260,000 euros.

On the afternoon of January 24 last year, the four defendants, who are at liberty, appeared in the car park of the Guimarães Shopping. They never meet the buyer because they were caught by the Judicial Police of Vila Real. The money was hidden in two cars of the defendants.