A Bahraini businessman will spend five years in prison for using counterfeit $50 bills, a decision upheld by the High Appeals Court. As per the court files, the businessman went on a shopping spree at the Bahrain International Airport, using forged currency. He reportedly bought five perfumes for $750 and cigarettes for $200, all using counterfeit $50 notes. A duty-free staff discovered the fraud when the businessman attempted to pay for his purchases. Airport security was alerted, and further investigation revealed that the businessman had also used counterfeit $50 bills at an airport pharmacy, making purchases totaling $500. In total, the businessman attempted to spend $1,700 in counterfeit currency. The duty free store employee was the first one to notice the suspicious behavior of the businessman and immediately alerted airport security. The businessman’s identity was quickly established via his travel documents used during the transactions. “The use of $50 bills for such large purchases was unusual in my experience.. Customers typically use credit cards or smaller denominations for transactions of this magnitude. Therefore, out of an abundance of caution, I verified the authenticity of the bills using our store’s counterfeit detection pen and ultraviolet light. I discovered that several of […]