North Korea Has New Competition in the Counterfeit Money Market

The new 2ID move to print counterfeit money did not get off to a good start; from the Marmot’s Hole:

Apparently the North Koreans aren¿t the only ones on the peninsula trading in funny money. Up in Uijeongbu (of course!), a 21-year old U.S. Army private (of course!) is under investigation after he paid a taxi driver (of course!) with three counterfeit 10,000-won bills.
Police have asked USFK to turn the private over so that the source of the counterfeit bills can be determined.

This incident reminds of a prior incident a few years back also in the 2nd Infantry Division.  A soldier was caught passing counterfeit won bills to an ajumma selling chicken (rat) on a stick at a vending booth in the ville.  The ajumma walked over to the MP shack next door and handed the MPs the counterfeit bill and they promptly brought the GI’s in for questioning.  The GI who passed the bill said he didn’t know they were counterfeit but was detained anyway.  The other soldiers said they didn’t know anything about it.  The MPs let the other guys go and one of those guys had his hands in his pocket and pulled them out to open the door and walk out.  After he pulled out his hands from his pockets a counterfeit bill fell out and he was detained as well.

Both guys ended up admitting to digitally scanning the bills and printing them.  The ROK government turned the case over to the military and they received military punishment and were ultimately chaptered from the Army.  This case just like yesterdays case are definitely what I call a Great Moment in Stupidity.

For those not in the military, 2ID rigorously tracks alcohol related incidents and actually awards streamers and days off to units that maintain no alcohol related incidents for 6 months and one year.  With the amount of taxi cab related incidents maybe 2ID can track these too and give out streamers for no taxi cab related incidents as well?