The security forces show a photo of a person arrested with fraudulent acts and promotion of counterfeit currency

In the Office for the Fight against Information Crimes and Protection of Intellectual Property of the Judicial Police Unit, information was available on a person who communicated from the cell phone number: 763-305627, with a person who had published a announcement of offers for the sale of mobile devices, in an application for sale and purchase.

After the final price was agreed between them, the caller informed the victim that he would send a silver Mercedes taxi driver, his cell phone number 71-646013, to pick up the mobile device and pay for it in US dollars and Lebanese pounds, for that the victim later found out that the foreign currency was counterfeit.

As a result of intensive monitoring, investigations and extensive investigations, the agents of the aforementioned office were able to learn the identity of: the driver and the user of the aforementioned telephone number.

On 11/25/2020, an office patrol managed to arrest the driver in the city of Bebnin – Akkar, codenamed: M. SECOND. (Born 1971, Lebanese), nicknamed “Abu Youssef”, and when questioned, admitted that he works as a taxi driver aboard a silver-colored Mercedes car, and submitted, at the request of two Syrian citizens, two notices of investigation and investigation against him and the work is in progress To arrest them – he went to the place agreed between them and the victim, received the phone and gave the seller a sum of money in counterfeit US dollars – and he was aware – and another correct amount in Lebanese pounds. He also admitted that he had carried out similar operations on previous dates.

For this reason, and based on the reference of the competent Judicial Power, the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces circulates his photograph, and asks those who have been victims of similar actions and have known him, to go to the aforementioned office located in the town of Boulevard, Cuartel Presidente Camille Chamoun / Mártir Coronel Joseph Daher – fourth floor or call the number 293293-01, for your information.