In the UK, using or distributing fake money can lead to a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. The spread of counterfeit money could also have devastating consequences on small businesses ...

Counterfeit money accounted for 0.0025% of the 4.6 billion banknotes circulating in 2023, according to the Bank of England. That means £2.5 million worth of fake money was hiding among the £ ...

One local initiative to benefit is JD Dance, based in one of the venues raided by police on Lockett Street as part of the ...

A pair of forgers who made more than £1 million supplying fake UK identity documents to high-profile criminals have been ...

An April Fool's Day crime which saw items paid for using 'fake money' has now sparked a police hunt for the culprits. On April 1, 2025, B&M in Hathaway Retail Park, Chippenham, reported having been ...

“We didn’t try to make fake money to dupe the public. We made fake money to make a movie. But we just made the prop too good,” Bilson said. Luckily, there are some ways to prevent thi ...