Master Forger Sentenced in the UK
Magic fingers and an unerring eye gave “Hologram Tam,” one of the best forgers in Europe, the skills to produce counterfeit banknotes so authentic that when he was arrested nearly £700,000 worth were in circulation.
Thomas McAnea, 58, who was jailed for six years and four months yesterday, was the kingpin of a professional operation based in Glasgow that, according to police, had the capacity to produce £2 million worth of fake notes a day enough potentially tom destabilise the British economy. More may remain out there undetected.
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“Some of Hologram Tam’s money is still out there. It’s that good that if I gave you one of his notes, you wouldn’t know it,” a police source said.
The detectives also found templates for other forgeries including passports, driving licences, ID cards, bank statements, utility bills, MoT certificates, postage and saving stamps and TV licences.
Florian Liekweg • October 12, 2007 12:17 PM
Now it’s only a matter of time until some politician takes this as an argument that biometric information should be put on ID cards. And RFID chips, because they’re impossible to forge, right?