Ukrainian Lawmaker Says Detained In Czech Airport For Attempt To Pay Counterfeit Cash

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th November, 2018) Andriy Lozovoy, member of the Ukrainian parliament from the faction of the Oleh Lyashko Radical Party said Monday that he had been detained at the Prague airport for trying to pay off counterfeit money.

"I was in Prague. I wanted to buy a gift for my mother in duty free, it turned out that the money was counterfeit. Since an attempt to pay off with counterfeit cash equals its production in Czech legislation, I was detained," Lozovoy wrote on Facebook.

According to Lozovoy, he became a victim of Currency swindlers, which gave his assistant false cash when he changed currency. Lozovoy said that he was a victim in the case launched by the Czech police.