During 2022 counterfeiting of banknotes increased due to the fact that two were the ones that the criminals copied the most using various techniques, especially digital printing. First of all, he highlighted the 50 pesos, according to data from the Bank of Mexico (Banxico).
According to the annual statistics updated on this day by the central bank, 110 thousand 228 false pieces of the denomination of 50 pesos were capturedcompared to the 4 thousand 18 reported by Banxico. Also the one thousand pesos was the favorite of counterfeiters, by rising from 4 thousand 269 apocryphal pieces captured in 2021 to 5 thousand 667 units.
The foregoing meant that in the global balance of 2022, counterfeiting of banknotes skyrocketed from 258,508 pieces captured in 2021 to 350,791 in the year that just ended. But The good news is that counterfeiting of the most used banknotes has decreased, that is to say, of the denominations of 20, 50, 100 and 200 pesos. The least copied was that of 20 pesos, since its counterfeiting was reduced between 2021 and 2022 from 509 to 280 pieces, according to the units captured. It is followed by the 100 pesos by reducing the apocryphal pieces of copying from 33 thousand 631 to 30 thousand 25.
for his part Banxico reported that last year 68 thousand 534 apocryphal pieces of 200 pesos were captured amount less than those of 2021 with 76 thousand 969. Of the denomination of 500 pesos, in the false pieces captured there was a reduction from 139 thousand 112 reported in 2021, to 135 thousand 831 last year.
Banxico reported that in 2022 the practice most frequently used by criminals to counterfeit paper money was digital printing, according to the printing technique by the number of apocryphal pieces captured. They use the scanner, computer and inkjet or toner printer to counterfeit through digital printing.
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