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CLAW IDENTIFIES CANADIAN COUNTERS

Counterfeit coins recently failed to claw their way into Canadian commerce. On May 9 68-year-old Daixiong He of Richmond Hills, Ontario was arrested for counterfeiting $2 coins. About 10,000 counterfeit $2 had been seized by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as the coins were being circulating throughout the banking system.

The Greater Toronto Area’s Trans-National Serious and Organized Crime Section had been investigating the situation

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