RCMP Reveal New Details on Fake Toonie Distribution Network With China Connection

RCMP Reveal New Details on Fake Toonie Distribution Network With China Connection
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New details in a 2022 counterfeit $2 coin case suggest that a Chinese Canadian business in Toronto, charged with distributing the coins, did not act alone. The RCMP believe a distribution network exists, with another suspect possibly still at large.

Daixiong He, who owned a Chinese supermarket in the Toronto area, allegedly deposited 90 boxes of 500 counterfeit coins at branches of three major banks throughout 2021 until his May 2022 arrest, according to a 43-page RCMP report obtained by Global News via an access to information request.