Photo: RNZThe Reserve Bank is warning Canterbury businesses to look closely at the cash they are offered. In the past fortnight, retailers there have accepted up to 50 fake banknotes of different values. Typically, one or two counterfeit notes turn up in the banking system each month. It was important that people who handled cash knew how to test the look and feel of notes, he said. Knowingly passing a counterfeit note is a crime, and Mr Northcote said businesses should urge customers proffering fake notes to contact the police.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 05, 2019 21:56 UTC