Peru: Former cop arrested, accused of sending counterfeit U.S. currency in mail

Posted on April 17, 2013 • Filed under: Latin America News

hoy.com.ec reported that Peruvian police arrested a Peruvian ex-cop with Venezuelan, accused of leading a gang that sent fake U.S. dollars. The Research Division of the Peruvian police Scams stopped in the Lima district of Chosica Homer Oscar Guadalupe Alvarez, 49, who apparently traveled twice a year to Peru from Venezuela, the newspaper Perú21. His organization sent from Lima wads of counterfeit dollars hidden in various products to their contacts in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela, before coming to the United States.
Last October, the band tried to send $ 600 000 hidden in false nougat bars to Venezuela. Read Article

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