SUPERNOTES REVISITED....As an update to last night's Supernote story, a reader directs me to a piece written by Klaus Bender in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung last year. It turns out this ...

Supernotes are counterfeit $100 bills, primarily in circulation in Asia and produced so superbly that they thwart even the most advanced detection methods. But the new book "Supernotes" takes that ...

The bills are called supernotes. Their composition is three-quarters cotton and one-quarter linen paper, a challenging combination to produce. Tucked within each note are the requisite red and ...

Government agents first discovered Supernotes in 1990. A very experienced overseas cash handler identified one as a forgery by the feel of the paper, even thought it was printed on an intaglio press.

In recent years, “supernotes,” near-perfect replicas of $100 dollar bills allegedly produced by North Korea, have emerged as a major threat to South Korea’s currency system -- and, perhaps ...

The printing of supernotes is overseen by an organisation called Office 39, which runs state-sponsored criminal activities and is housed in a plain, barracks-like building on Changgwant Street in ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Police crippled a fake money syndicate with the arrest of five suspects, including its Indonesian mastermind. The five were arrested in Lorong Haji Hussein, Chow Kit at about 7pm ...

South Korean police said on Friday that local and U.S. officials are investigating the discovery of around $1 million in "supernotes," high quality counterfeits, and any possible link to North Korea.

SUPERNOTES REVISITED…. As an update to last night’s Supernote story, a reader directs me to a piece written by Klaus Bender in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung last year.

I've known about the questions regarding the "supernotes"—brilliant forgeries of U.S. $100 bills—for some time, but until Tuesday's McClatchy story, I considered them to be loony conspiracy ...