Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Counterfeit Toronto Transit Token Ring Caught by Toronto Police
Gives new meaning to the phrase "Stamping Out a Living" -
Pulse24 - Toronto's News: "police and the T.T.C. unveiled the second big counterfeiting bust of the year.
After a long investigation and surveillance work by T.T.C. Special Constables, three men were arrested at a home in East York. A large amount of counterfeit tokens, raw materials and the tools used to make the tokens were seized during the search. Authorities also grabbed a homemade plaque that honoured the illegal minting of a 400,000th counterfeit token. "
Pulse24 - Toronto's News: "police and the T.T.C. unveiled the second big counterfeiting bust of the year.
After a long investigation and surveillance work by T.T.C. Special Constables, three men were arrested at a home in East York. A large amount of counterfeit tokens, raw materials and the tools used to make the tokens were seized during the search. Authorities also grabbed a homemade plaque that honoured the illegal minting of a 400,000th counterfeit token. "