The manufacturer of ATMs NCR last week warned the banks about the massive stuffing of counterfeit banknotes in denominations of 5 thousand rubles. This was told to the newspaper “Vedomosti” with reference to employees of large banks.
According to sources, the problem affected only ATMs with older devices to check banknotes. The exact amount of damage is not yet calculated, but it amounts to several million rubles for each Bank. A stuffing of fakes are rare, and to catch the crooks is difficult. This will require lifting tapes and so on.
Many banks have temporarily stopped accepting five-thousandth banknotes in affected ATMs. This measure while is to reconfigure the software.