Swiss Man Detained for Switching Fake $100 at Phnom Penh ATM

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:16 am

The Last Word wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:06 am Reckon people who claim they have gotten ghost money are just desperate foreigners almost running out of money and kick up a big fuss. Oh it's a foreigner it must be true. Never heard any locals kick up a fuss have we?

The dodgy Swiss guy probably started the rumors just so he could scam the banks. A lot of the foreigners who come over here are criminals.

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 1:21 pm

Khartoum wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 5:30 am The new color schemes of the notes were meant to greatly reduce the use of counterfeit.

Yet at the same time giving us 1,000r and 10,000r notes that look almost identical in poor light.

On the main topic, why not make the ghost money 25% bigger or smaller - that would or should make it obvious to the living, and the dead won't mind.

timmydownawell · Post by **timmydownawell** » Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:16 pm

StroppyChops wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 1:21 pm
Khartoum wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 5:30 am The new color schemes of the notes were meant to greatly reduce the use of counterfeit.
Yet at the same time giving us 1,000r and 10,000r notes that look almost identical in poor light.

On the main topic, why not make the ghost money 25% bigger or smaller - that would or should make it obvious to the living, and the dead won't mind.

The green 5000s and 2000s are also a bit annoying.

samuel.langenegger · Post by **samuel.langenegger** » Sat May 11, 2019 8:19 pm

Im a friend of this man and as always what you get from officials is just the half story.
He got the fake bill from an ATM just the other day from the same bank. As he didn‘t check the notes immediately after receiving them and just noticed it much too late he decided to „give the fake bill back“ the next time he withdraws money from this same bank. If this was an intelligent decision is debatable. But actually he‘s the victim. It can‘t be that a bank fills their ATMs with forged money. No serious bank does this (take my word as a Swiss business administration student).

So now he‘s in that fucked up situation, mostly innocent, just guilty of a stupid decision to somehow get justice with bringing the fake money back to the subpar bank he got it from. (And why should he lie. For the average Swiss guy it‘s definitely not worth it to risk so much and change a forged $100 note to a real one, as this amount of money isn‘t really a lot around here.)
And i think this is a scandal. But sure, officials and the bank in question for sure won‘t publish somethink like that.

Post by **Clutch Cargo** » Sat May 11, 2019 9:30 pm

samuel.langenegger wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2019 8:19 pm He got the fake bill from an ATM just the other day from the same bank.

samuel.langenegger wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2019 8:19 pm It can‘t be that a bank fills their ATMs with forged money. No serious bank does this (take my word as a Swiss business administration student).

So, how can it be? Or, are you contradicting yourself?

samuel.langenegger wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2019 8:19 pm he decided to „give the fake bill back“ the next time he withdraws money from this same bank. .. just guilty of a stupid decision to somehow get justice with bringing the fake money back to the subpar bank he got it from.

Agree with you there.

Cam Nivag · Post by **Cam Nivag** » Sat May 11, 2019 9:58 pm

samuel.langenegger wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2019 8:19 pm
He got the fake bill from an ATM just the other day from the same bank. As he didn‘t check the notes immediately after receiving them and just noticed it much too late he decided to „give the fake bill back“ the next time he withdraws money from this same bank. If this was an intelligent decision is debatable.

It's not debatable at all. He's an absolute gift to ABA. I actually thought they may have hired him to do it.

Bubble T · Post by **Bubble T** » Sat May 11, 2019 10:37 pm

samuel.langenegger wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2019 8:19 pm Im a friend of this man and as always what you get from officials is just the half story.
He got the fake bill from an ATM just the other day from the same bank. As he didn‘t check the notes immediately after receiving them and just noticed it much too late he decided to „give the fake bill back“ the next time he withdraws money from this same bank. If this was an intelligent decision is debatable. But actually he‘s the victim. It can‘t be that a bank fills their ATMs with forged money. No serious bank does this (take my word as a Swiss business administration student).

So now he‘s in that fucked up situation, mostly innocent, just guilty of a stupid decision to somehow get justice with bringing the fake money back to the subpar bank he got it from. (And why should he lie. For the average Swiss guy it‘s definitely not worth it to risk so much and change a forged $100 note to a real one, as this amount of money isn‘t really a lot around here.)
And i think this is a scandal. But sure, officials and the bank in question for sure won‘t publish somethink like that.

You're accepting that he's guilty of what he's being accused of (attempting to defraud a bank) but trying to justify it with a completely unsubstantiated claim that he was a victim of another crime first. The law doesn't work like that. Swiss business school my ass.

Anthony's Weiner · Post by **Anthony's Weiner** » Sun May 12, 2019 12:08 am

samuel.langenegger wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2019 8:19 pm Im a friend of this man and as always what you get from officials is just the half story.
He got the fake bill from an ATM just the other day from the same bank. As he didn‘t check the notes immediately after receiving them and just noticed it much too late he decided to „give the fake bill back“ the next time he withdraws money from this same bank. If this was an intelligent decision is debatable. But actually he‘s the victim. It can‘t be that a bank fills their ATMs with forged money. No serious bank does this (take my word as a Swiss business administration student).

So now he‘s in that fucked up situation, mostly innocent, just guilty of a stupid decision to somehow get justice with bringing the fake money back to the subpar bank he got it from. (And why should he lie. For the average Swiss guy it‘s definitely not worth it to risk so much and change a forged $100 note to a real one, as this amount of money isn‘t really a lot around here.)
And i think this is a scandal. But sure, officials and the bank in question for sure won‘t publish somethink like that.

If this was an intelligent decision is debatable. ...And his lawyer will get that opportunity in a court of law.
(And why should he lie. For the average Swiss guy it‘s definitely not worth it to risk so much and change a forged $100 note to a real one, as this amount of money isn‘t really a lot around here.).....Handsome men don't rape, doctors don't abuse drugs, alcohol or smoke and policemen don't speed. I see your argument and it is hollow.

Why would an intelligent, wealthy man risk going to prison in a third world country for a pittance? I thought the two twenty-somethings that spraypainted on the wall in Chiang Mai took the cake for stupidity. Stupid is not a defence my Swiss business administration student friend. You and your friend can yodel all you want, there are laws, he broke a fairly serious one and I can't say I pity him nor do I believe the defence you put forward will keep him out of spending a stretch in a rather crowded, unsanitary cell.

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Sun May 12, 2019 12:36 am

Surely he will be released and deported if he admits his guilt, grovels to the bank, and posts it all on FB. (And pays everyone for the inconvenience.)
He's 64. It's probably worth groveling for a quick release.

Cruisemonkey · Post by **Cruisemonkey** » Sun May 12, 2019 5:06 am

I think he's got brain damage... and failed the 'Sleight of Hand' course at a Swiss 'School of Magic'.

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