Cash Per Diem
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July 30 2010
Bulgaria – counterfeits, illegal guns & other organized crimes
East Africa – a single currency in 2012?
Europe – on the demand for the E500 note
Europe – more discussion on high denomination notes
Philippines – on the production of new currency
South Africa – large scale card fraud
UK – more commentary & conversation on the 1 pound coin problem
US – on the early money of America
US – there was a lot of counterfeiting of Confederate notes in the 1860s and there is alot now too
US/South Carolina – how to tell a counterfeit from a genuine note
July 29 2010
ATMs & their vulnerability to concerted attack
Brinks financial results for IIQ 2010
Buying bullion & gold coins as an inflation hedge
Dinalan – advances on the remote control of vending machines
India – combatting cheque fraud
India – a PR campaign for Indian banknotes
Northern Ireland – man arrested for trying to smuggle 10k pounds out of the country in his underwear
Scotland – “the world’s worst counterfeiter” is threatened with jail time
South Africa – problems with the R100 note?
Syria – counterfeiting US dollars
Tajikistan – accusations of Afghan counterfeiting
Vanatu – new plastic substrate banknote
July 28 2010
Cardtronics, Wells Fargo, 7-11 & cash supply
Estonia – minting of euro coins
India – fake notes found within deposited currency in RBI vaults
Northern Ireland – cash-in-transit robbery & money laundering
Philippines – central bank unconcerned about DeLaRue production problems
South Africa – chairman of chain store chain caught with 600k pounds at Heathrow Airport
UK – more about the 1 pound coin
US – hacking into check image repositories
US/Connecticut – counterfeiter to jail for 18 months
US/North Carolina – counterfeit $100 dispensed by a bank
US/Pennsylvania – counterfeiting
July 27 2010
Azerbaijan – deploying banknote counters
Germany – on the deployment of cash safes in retail settings
Guatemala – counterfeit dollars & the money laundering of dollars
North Korea – US follows money trail that includes counterfeiting & money laundering
Philippines – new currency & its production challenges
Spain – counterfeit money & counterfeit cards
Spain – counterfeit E100 notes
Tajikistan – central bank says counterfeits are coming in from Afghanistan
Today in science – could a mole tunnel into Fort Knox?
UK – mass counterfeiting of the 1 pound coin may force a recall & replacement
Ukraine – bank gets Transoft Opticash
US/Indiana – counterfeiting & drugs
US/New Hampshire – counterfeits
US/Pennsylvania – counterfeiting & mortgage fraud
US/South Carolina – check fraud
US/Virginia – counterfeit checks
July 24-26 2010
Canada – 100 year old C$5 sells for C$150,000
DeLaRue – printing troubles reverberate in the stock price
DriMark pens & the detection of bleached counterfeits
Hong Kong – new notes to battle counterfeiting
ICCOS Americas conference – October 2010
Kenya – G4S bullet-proof truck
Techniques to fight payment fraud
US – 2010 Black Hat conference
US – Black Hat presentation on “Jackpotting Attack on ATMs”
US – domestic industry complaints that the US Mint is buying silver & gold blanks from Australia
US/Florida – credit card fraud & $22k from Walmart
US/Kansas – counterfeit $50s in Wichita
US/Maryland – 2 charged in counterfeiting operation
US/Ohio – counterfeit $100s in Toledo
US/Pennsylvania – the strange bank robbery of the day
Zimbabwe – multiple currency system is a problem
July 23 2010
Canada – funny money warning by RCMP
Canada – is the penny on the chopping block?
Estonia – Mint of Finland begins producing Estonian euro coins
Europe – card skimming incidence & techniques
Hong Kong – more coverage of the new notes
India – the man behind the rupee symbol
Ireland – counterfeit euro case
Malaysia – a broker involved in the Securency case was also on the US terror list
Malaysia – discussion of the Securency investigation
Romania – old, worn-out & shredded notes are turned into trash cans
Scotland – former aide to Benazir Bhutto caught up in a money laundering investigation
UK – cash-in-transit robberies & money laundering in Northern Ireland
UK – notorious fraudster in court
US – the new $100 education program
US – FDIC on check fraud & cybercrime
US/Florida – credit card safety measures
US/Louisiana – illegal aliens & counterfeit currency
US/Michigan – more coverage of alternative currencies
US/New York – liquidation of assets at Mt Vernon Money Center
US/New York – identity theft indictments in Buffalo
US/New York – arrest in counterfeit casino chip case
US/New York – Darth Vader robs a bank on Long Island
July 22 2010
Bank of America’s wholesale banknote business
Canada – Royal Canadian Mint 2010 collectible coins
DeLaRue – fears spread about banknote security due to company’s production problems
Gaza – Israel ships in new shekels
Malaysia – Securency bribery investigation coverage continues
Scotland – world’s worst counterfeiter
US – fighting retail store coupon fraud
US/Maryland – man shot & killed during counterfeit raid in Baltimore
US Mint sells 19.4m quarters through bulk purchase program
US/Mississippi – kidnapping & check fraud
US/Tennessee – problems with bleached notes
US/Washington – counterfeiter busted
Wincor-Nixdorf & the cost of managing cash
July 21 2010
AssureTec – document authentication devices
DeLaRue – more on the banknote production problems
DeLaRue – stock price continues to fall
Hong Kong – authentication features on new notes
Hong Kong – new notes will be issued with braille features
India – using cotton as a banknote substrate (includes a counterfeits trend chart)
India – making the currency counterfeit-proof
Malaysia – Securency/RBA bribery investigation
Malta – card fraudsters to jail
US – BEP & banknote designs for the blind
US – Citizens Against Government Waste, CAGW, argues for greater use of the dollar coin
US – Congressional hearing on 7/20/10 on US currency & coin
US – educating the masses about the new US$100
US/California – turning $5s into $50s & $100s
US/Michigan – fake 25c & 50c coins, 50-years ago today, in Port Huron
US/Minnesota – counterfeit warning
US/New York – fake casino chips
US/Virginia – counterfeit US notes from Peru
Wincor-Nixdorf vs ATM skimming
July 20 2010
Applied DNA Sciences & the authentication of casino chips
DeLaRue stock drops after banknote printing problems are revealed
Germany – Himmler set up an operation at Dachau to turn sand into gold during WWII
Hong Kong – new notes expected in late 2010 & in 2011
Malaysia – Securency bribery probe
Nigeria – fake cheques & fraudulent transactions
Nigeria – fake US currency case
Pakistan – debit card skimming
US – Louise Roseman’s 7/20/10 written testimony to Congress on the Fed & US currency & coin
US – Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers adds new members
US/New York – influx of fake $20s
US/Washington – meth & counterfeits
July 17-19 2010
Czech Republic – counterfeiting stats for IH 2010
Europe – ECB reports counterfeiting stats for IH 2010
Gaza – group discovered forging Israeli & US notes
India – serving the unbanked with ATMs
India – fake notes from Pakistan
Israel – currency flows into Gaza
Italy – Bank of Italy pulls 19% of all euro counterfeits in IH 2010
New Zealand – counterfeit case
Philippines – refurbishing currency printing equipment
Scotland – Scottish banknote goes unrecognized at the Glasgow Airport car park
Sweden – 10 men charged for 9/09 helicopter heist
US – could you spot counterfeit money?
US – Thomas Hipschen profile – retired BEP engraver
US/Michigan – alternative currencies
US/Minnesota – $5s turned into $100s
US/Pennsylvania – counterfeiting & terrorism
July 15-16 2010
Canada – guilty plea for illegal ammunication & fake US notes
Europe – EC dismantles restrictions on cross-border cash movement
Hong Kong – cash history exhibit
India – new rupee symbol is selected
India – fake currency racket gets busted
Japan – cash machine for casinos
Mexico – counterfeiting of entry cards used at the US border
South Africa – getting stuck with fake money
South Africa – G4S developments
UK – awards to cash-in-transit couriers
US/California – mail fraud & check fraud
US/Kansas – counterfeit casino chips
US/New Hampshire – lawyer is a victim of a check scam
US/New Mexico – counterfeits & Billy the Kid
US/North Carolina – fake check ring
US/North Dakota – counterfeit ring busted
US/Ohio – a counterfeit, a bar, a police taser
US/Virginia – creative or crummy counterfeits
Weimar Republic – remembering hyperinflation
July 14 2010
Belize – how to avoid counterfeits
Bolivia – border area terrorism funding & counterfeiting incident
Canada – lawyers fall victim to cheque fraud
Estonia – changeover to the euro coming in January 2011
Heidelberg Speedmaster 102 color banknote printing equipment
India – don’t write on your cheques
New Zealand – counterfeiting drivers licences
Nigeria – post office intercepts fraudulent checks
Oman – the central bank cracks down on people defacing banknotes
UK – Bank of England chief cashier becomes UK’s chief bank regulator
UK – G4S facility in Shrewsbury needs more security
US – defending national banknotes from counterfeiters in the first years of the Secret Service
US/Delaware – man posts bail with counterfeit notes
US/Massachusetts – Eastern Bank combats China-based counterfeit check scheme
US/North Dakota – counterfeits
US/Virginia – fake currency & drunken driving
July 13 2010
France – designer appointed as advisor to the French mint
Global market for anti-counterfeiting products is growing
India – a strike temporarily stops currency production
Kuwait – marked increase in circulation of forged notes
Poland – interview with the Mint director
Sicap & Wincor-Nixdorf recognized by Bank Technology News
Sweden & Finland – ATM & ISO developments
UK – crime wave a consequence of organized gangs (includes discussion of card fraud)
US/Michigan – private currencies compete with US legal tender
US/Nebraska – counterfeits, fireworks & Little League
US/Utah – Salt Lake City parking meters will now take cards instead of coins
Zambia – counterfeit US dollars
July 10-12 2010
Document Security Systems loses patent case against ECB in Germany
DSS vs ECB – some coverage of the case from yesterday
Ireland – e-banking is displacing the use of cheques & cash
NCR – intelligent deposit ATMs
Nepal – fake Indian currency seized
Nepal – government asks India to lift ban on high denomination notes
South Africa – central bank says R100 note is not suffering from a counterfeiting problem
Sweden – roasting notes to protest gender wage differences
UK – counterfeit 5 pound notes
US/California – identity theft ring
US/California – 11-year old used to pass counterfeits
US/Florida – increase in lower denomination counterfeits
US/Kansas – marked increase in counterfeits
US/Kentucky – counterfeits hit retailers
July 8-9 2010
A-Team – a mediocre action movie about fake currency plates
Advertising Age speculates about cashless vending
Afghanistan – $4.2b in cash has moved out of Kabul airport in the last 3 1/2 years
Australia – fake travellers cheques & money laundering
Diebold – stock analyst’s report
Malaysia – counterfeit US currency
Nepal – Oberthur wins bid for machine-readable passport
Somalia – banknote developments
South Africa – G4S & cash-in-transit
UK – half of Britons think cash will be obsolete by 2020 (half think it won’t be)
US/Minnesota – counterfeit warning
US/New Jersey – counterfeit check ring
US/South Carolina – counterfeits
US/Texas – hotel-based identity theft – indictments
Visa speculates about cashless vending
July 6-7 2010
Australia – fraudulent cheques
EFMA – cash processing conference website link
Italy – euro coins all over the road
Japan – counterfeit 10,000 yen notes
North Korea – kin of currency reformer are imprisoned
Philippines – fake US dollar ring is busted
Spain – museum exhibition on the history of counterfeiting
UK – counterfeit 20 pound notes
UK – Bank of England’s Harry Eccleston obit
US – card processors may be guilty of copyright infringement in Gucci case
US – making US banknotes accessible to the blind
US/New Jersey – turning $5s into $100s
Zimbabwe – washing US dollars with soap-&-water
Zimbabwe – robbing the central bank
July 3-5 2010
Austria – treasure hunters looking for 5m euros in the forest
Fiji – arrests for counterfeiting
India – fake notes coming in from Nepal
International Holographic Assn looks at new holography approaches for banknote
Peru – fake US$100s of high quality
UK – largest denomination banknotes in the UK
US – estimating the volume of counterfeit US currency abroad – a study
US – the changing nature of card payment fraud – a study
US/California – training retailer staff to authenticate notes
US/Massachusetts – counterfeits
US/Minnesota – counterfeit checks
US/Ohio – stealing motorcycles by paying with fraudulent checks
US/South Carolina – card fraud case
July 2 2010
DeLaRue & Oberthur in the running for Nepalese passports
Mass spectrometry to analyze banknotes 1
Mass spectrometry to analyze banknotes 2
Nigeria – domestic postal service intercepted N250m in fake cheques in IVQ 2009 & IQ 2010
South Africa – suspect in multiple ATM bombings & cash-in-transit thefts killed by police
Suretrack Monitoring – safeguarding cash-in-transit
UK – makers of counterfeit 1 pound coins arrested
UK – card skimmers jailed for 2 1/2 years
UK – longtime Bank of England currency designer passes away at the age of 87
US – behind the scenes with the next generation US$100 at the BEP
US/California – doctoring collectable coins for profit
US/Florida – Wachovia dispenses a counterfeit $100
US/Montana – fake $100s made in Peru
US/Oklahoma – fake checks, fake IDs & stolen SSNs
July 1 2010
Germany – east Germans miss the Deutschemark
Italy – money laundering arrests
Namibia – cash-in-transit theft
UK – police warnings about counterfeit notes & protecting your pin
UK – counterfeit 1 pound coins
UK – candidates for new faces on the country’s currency
UK – making sure Scottish banknotes are accepted in England
UK – the history of the 1 pound coin
US/Florida – counterfeit store coupons
US/New Jersey – arrest in $1m check scam case
US/Texas – check ring takes retailers for $25k
June 29-30 2010
Applied DNA Sciences in the textile authentication space
Canada – counterfeit US$20 warning in Newfoundland
India – Indian government minister arrested for carrying banned rupee notes in Nepal
Namibia – cash-in-transit thieves in court
Russia – loot in Moscow cash-in-transit theft was 130m rubles (US$4.2m)
South Korea – coin minting & banknote production issues
UK – the end of the Elgar note
UK – thieves caught in gas station chip-&-pin scam
UK – watching Queen Elizabeth II age on UK notes
US/California – valet busted for card skimming
US/Massachusetts – counterfeit checks
US/Pennsylvania – counterfeits
US/Pennsylvania – counterfeiting ring in western PA
Virgin Islands – counterfeit notes that the pens cannot detect
Zimbabwe – the woes of the central bank & its creditors
June 26-28 2010
Australia – body armor for cash-in-transit guards
Australia – Sydney Morning Herald gives advice to new PM about RBA & Securency
Canada – 1910 Bank of Vancouver note sells for $177k
India – fake notes dispensed from ATM
Italy – China-based ring members arrested for large scale money laundering & counterfeiting
New Zealand – counterfeit money orders
Philippines – new banknote logo & possible new banknote designs
Philippines – new banknote printing equipment
Russia – 3 guards killed in cash-in-transit robbery
Shuffle Master – RFID in poker chips
UK – how safe is the money in your wallet?
US/California – update on counterfeiter from across the street from the LA Fed
World’s most beautiful currencies
Zimbabwe – using the South African rand
June 25 2010
Canada – ruminations on the history of forgery
Mexico – restricts US cash (banknotes & coin) transactions in an AML initiative
Russia – corrupt bureaucrat on the run from police throws 10m rubles out his car window in Moscow
UK – on swapping the soon to be repudiated 20 pound Elgar notes
UK – banning cash payments from music festivals
US/California – counterfeiting travellers checks
US/California – welfare cards being used to get cash at casinos
US/Florida – counterfeit checks & porn
US/Louisiana – counterfeiting conviction
US/Montana – counterfeiter of US Treasury checks gets 3 years in jail
Zimbabwe – US$400k stolen from central bank’s vault
June 24 2010
Applied DNA Sciences developments
Atlantic-Zeiser printing & authentication solutions
Bermuda – banknote of the year
Canada – identity theft & card forgery in Edmonton
Europe – ECB tender for study of new banknote technologies
India – new symbol for the rupee
Jordan – counterfeit travellers cheques
Nigeria – cash-in-transit & bank theft problems
Poland – banknote celebrates 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth
US – the fate of coins during the American Civil War
US/Florida – turning $5s into $100s
US/Georgia – murder suspect caught with counterfeits
US/Texas – silver coins touted as an alternative to US currency
Wincor-Nixdorf cash processing product suite
June 23 2010
Canada – BC counterfeit arrested
EFMA cash conference – October 2010 in Paris
Europe – about the 500 euro banknote
Germany – bank outsources cash processing to G4S
Iran – new banknote & a brief description of its security features
Scotland – vibrating banknote detectors for the blind
US/California – counterfeiter gets prison sentence
US/Florida – counterfeit grocery store coupons
US/Florida – counterfeit check ring is busted up
US/Texas – counterfeit postage & postage meters
June 22 2010
ATMs – using jitter to defeat card skimming is no longer effective
The benefits of intelligent cash vaults
Canada – a counterfeit cheque for C$782,000
Iran – new high denomination banknote
Qatar – training bank & retailer staff about dirty money & detecting forgeries
UK – archeology & clipping silver coins in the 17th century
US – this history of the $1 bill
US/Arizona – cash seizure at the Mexican border
US/California – counterfeit bust
US/Georgia – counterfeit checks
US/Michigan – counterfeit travellers checks
US/North Carolina – turning $5s into $100s
US/Pennsylvania – introducing smart chips at casinos
US/Washington – fake $50s passed at Little League park
Wells Fargo – e-receipts at the ATM
June 21 2010
Australia – cash-in-transit robberies
China – counterfeit bust in Shanghai
Gemalto – optical security feature for documents
South Africa – twisted tale of counterfeiting involving Bahrain, Argentina, Congo & Belgium
South Africa – counterfeit money warning for World Cup spectators
UK – English banks & retailers should accept Scottish notes
US – fake Doritos coupons may cost Frito-Lay millions of dollars
US/California – major counterfeit note & card ring is busted
US/Connecticut – counterfeiters
US/Illinois – counterfeits & murder
US/Missouri – increased incidence of counterfeits
US/Missouri – fake money & fake St Louis Cardinal tickets
June 12-20 2010
Drimark Products – new counterfeit detector pens
Gemalto – the future of security
Ghana – counterfeits lead to some denominations being rejected by merchants
India – Nigerians jailed for US dollar forgery
Iran – introducing 100,000 rial note amid inflation warnings
Ireland – IRA linked to one of the biggest euro counterfeiting cases ever
Japan – old coins returning to circulation
Prooftag product authentication
South Africa – counterfeit notes
South Africa – banks will take old R200 note until the end of July
Sri Lanka – counterfeit investigation
UK – mother turns in son for counterfeiting
US/California – update on the counterfeiter from across the street from the LA Fed
US – challenges of spending a $100 bill
US/Ohio – counterfeit check ring
US/Puerto Rico – identity theft ring
US/Virginia – leader of ID theft ring sentenced to 200 months in prison
June 10-11 2010
Australia – RBA should be separated from Securency
Canada – RCMP fighting counterfeit goods
Canada – introduction of a local currency in Squamish BC
China – crackdown on counterfeits
China – arrests for banknote forgery
US Mint – interview with the Mint director
US/North Carolina – check ring
June 9 2010
Applied DNA Sciences – profile
Canada – the annals of bonehead criminals in Vancouver
Cayman Islands – tackling fraud
Celent – report on cash automation
India – RBI using blue paper for new Rs500 & Rs1000 notes
Indonesia – auditing banknote printing
Indonesia – Securency developments
US – new quarter design released
US/Michigan – counterfeits pass the pen test
US/Nebraska – counterfeits for pizza
June 8 2010
ATM software trends & analysis – 2010 white paper
Australia – payment fraud trends
Australia – bribery charges against Securency executives being considered – The Age
Japan – Fujitsu deploys 250 compact ATMs with coin & currency functionality
Russia – credit cards from casualties of Polish air crash turn up in fraudulent use
SICPA & NY apartment buildings
Slovenia – producing banknote paper domestically
Ten ways online businesses can fight credit card fraud
US – coin designs submitted to the Mint are criticized by two citizen committees
June 5-7 2010
Australia – chip & pin has reduced card fraud
GPI – gaming chip surveillance & authentication
India – fake note rings targetting rural banks
India – State Bank of Hyderabad opens first currency management branch
India – two citizens of Swaziland arrested for counterfeiting
India – benefits of plastic substrate
Japan – why do yen coins have a hole in the middle?
Scientific American – banknotes & butterfly wings
South Africa – the old R200 is still legal tender
South Africa – cash-in-transit theft an inside job?
US/Ohio – counterfeit $20s at garage sales
US/Pennsylvania – counterfeits on the rise
June 3-4 2010
Appleton – new security paper products
Diebold – anti-skimming device
Document Security Systems developments
G&D – award for European calendar printer of the year
Indonesia – asks Australia for evidence in Securency case
Romania – police bust ATM skimming factory
Scotland – how to get your face on a banknote
South Africa – reducing the number of cash-in-transit robberies
UK – putting 5 pound notes in cash machines
US/Alabama – counterfeit IDs & counterfeit checks
US Mint silver coin sales at highest rate since 1986
US/Tennessee – counterfeiting operation
Vending, cashless payments & profitability
June 2 2010
Canada – hacking contactless cards
DeLaRue – revenue & earnings performance
India – RBI & bank branch & currency processing developments
Indonesia – middleman in Securency deal denies bribery
Opsec Security – revenue & earnings performance
Preventing check fraud with image capture
South Africa – drama over the R200 withdrawal
UK – RBS loses $93k in ATM scam
US/Missouri – check counterfeiting
June 1 2010
India – most of the nation’s transactions are done with cash
Indonesia – central bankers deny deals with Securency
Kenya – G4S staffer arrested for role in cash-in-transit robbery
Philippines – counterfeit US dollars
Securency – new allegations about Guatemala, Nicaragua & Venezuela
Uganda – authentication features on new notes
Uganda – the team behind the new note designs
UK – 20 pound Elgar note out by June 30
US/Connecticut – counterfeits in the neighborhood
US/Tennessee – US soldiers returning from Afghanistan with counterfeit collectible coins
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