By Lauren Lewis For Mailonline. The money was so poorly made 'a blind man could see it wasn't real', according to the Basel County court president. His ruse was discovered when one of the women tried to deposit the money into her bank account the day after mistakenly accepting the forgeries. When the ATM refused to accept the cash, the woman, 39, reported the odd looking notes to the police. The year-old woman told Basel's criminal court that she had accepted the strange counterfeit notes that night because they looked real in the low light of the man's home.
File photo. The forgeries were used twice, in June and October , in payments to two women the year-old paid for sex. The year-old woman told Basel's criminal court that she had accepted the strange counterfeit notes that night because they looked real in the low light of the man's home, according to The Local. The man's lawyers argued she had accepted the money willingly despite it being clear the notes were fraudulent.
Prostitution in Switzerland is legal and regulated. There are several licensed brothels across the country, primarily in Zurich. A police search of the man's home revealed more fake money printed on his colour inkjet printer. The notes had no security features and, in some cases, were printed the wrong way round leaving police bemused as to why the man thought the money would be able to pass into circulation undetected.
The man was handed a three-year conditional prison sentence after being convicted of fraud, counterfeiting, and circulation of counterfeit money.
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