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Article: FAMILY OF FAKERS; IT boss dad and sons passed off pounds 185,000 in counterfeit banknotes.(News)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- June 9, 2009
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Byline: Gordon McIlwraith
A DESPERATE businessman printed hundreds of thousands of pounds of counterfeit cash after his firm hit money troubles.
IT boss John Farrell, 51, sourced specialist paper and inks and roped in his Oxford graduate son Craig, 23, to help with the crooked enterprise.
They produced fake pounds 10 and pounds 20 Royal Bank of Scotland and Bank of Scotland notes, which experts described as of "extremely good quality", the High Court in Glasgow was told yesterday.
Peter Ferguson QC, prosecuting, said they were able to ...