CNA , Los Angeles
Saturday, Jul 24, 2004,Page 4
A group of US investigation agents have flown to Taipei to help Taiwan authorities in their investigation into counterfeit US$100 banknotes believed to have originated in Taiwan, a US Secret Service source said Thursday.
US law enforcement officials, including those from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Secret Service, were assigned to Taipei after several banks in Los Angeles were reportedly identified fake US$100 bills, believed to have been brought to the US by Taiwanese nationals, William Giles, an officer with Secret Service said.
The special agents are helping Taiwanese law enforcement authorities to trace the source of the fake US$100 bills and lending their knowledge and skills in identifying counterfeit US banknotes, Giles said.
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