The case came to light when the branch manager of a bank in Paphos said that among $6,300 collected in foreign currency by the bank and forwarded to the Bank of Cyprus on January 31, a total of 43 $100 bills were believed to be fake so were forwarded to the police.
The money handed over was sent by the police for scientific examination, where found that was counterfeit.
Paphos police spokesman Michalis Nicolaou a 51-year-old...