Teens arrested after using counterfeit checks
The counterfeit checks / Courtesy of the Busan Yeongdo Police Station
By Jung Min-ho
Two teenagers have been arrested after allegedly forging 11 million won ($10,000) of checks with a color printer and using them, police said Tuesday.
According to the Busan Yeongdo Police Station, two teenagers were arrested and three others are being investigated without detention for allegedly forging the checks on March 22.
Police said the suspects used the checks to buy a used motorcycle and stay in motels.
Police caught the teenagers three days later after a call from a motel manager.
The suspects said they learned how to forge checks from the internet.