Hungarian man pays with fake money with a picture of George Soros in a pub

In Kecskemét, a man paid with fake money printed with a picture of George Soros for campaign purposes in a pub. The prosecution brought charges.

George Soros campaign money

The Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party had previously printed fake banknotes featuring current figures in Hungarian public life during a campaign. This is how George Soros ended up on the Hungarian 10,000-forint banknote.

Four years after handing out fake money, a man in Kiskunhalas, Hungary, paid in a pub with a banknote bearing the image of George Soros.

Mariann Négyessyné Bodó, spokeswoman of the Bács-Kiskun County Prosecutor General’s Office, said that the man was sentenced to one year and eight months of suspended imprisonment and a fine.

The incident happened last year, when the man with a criminal record was drinking with his friends in a pub in Kiskunhalas in April. The man paid for the drinks he ordered with fake 10 and 20 thousand-forint banknotes, 24.hu reports. The bartender refused to accept the payment with the fake money, so the offender caused HUF 30 thousand in damages.

George Soros was featured on the 10-thousand note and Jean-Claude Juncker on the 20-thousand note. They also had a different feel and did not contain the usual security features.

Penalty for the offender

The prosecutor said that the accused admitted his guilt and said he thought he would try it, and to his surprise, the fake money worked.

According to the man, he also drank the change with his friends in the pub. The prosecution asked for a suspended sentence of one year eight months and a fine for the man charged with the crime of counterfeiting.