According to the website Periódico Cubano, El Cuban Central Bank (BCC) issued an official note to address the issue of the false 100 Cuban peso bills (CUP) that allegedly have been handed out by ATMs on the Island, after images of bills printed on one side or printed on one side circulated on social networks. with lack of ink.
According to the agency, the evidence that has been shown on social networks is false. The BCC classifies them as “fake news”. “We deny the publications on social networks and alternative media about 100 and 1,000 CUP bills with an error in their printing or false. Until now, no clients with this situation have been received at the bank branches,” the statement details.
However, the Central Bank urged Cubans who have problems with their bills when they are extracted from ATMs to file a complaint at any of the country’s bank branches.
“In the case of bills that are dispensed by ATMs and are difficult to print, you can go to the nearest bank branch. It is suggested to the population to follow our official sites and channels so that they are kept informed, ”says the brief press release.
This is not the first time that the BCC has spoken out to allegedly deny situations that Cubans expose in networks. In 2021, there was an alleged case of circulation of counterfeit bills with a denomination of 1,000 pesos. According to the bank, the serial number and the consecutive number of the bill were not the usual ones with which this type of bill is printed.
“The series of the banknote (2100D) and the consecutive number (58586181) confirm that this banknote has not been issued or put into circulation by the Central Bank of Cuba and we have no physical evidence of its existence,” says the statement, which is made echo of the complaints in social networks about the existence in “the street” of false bills of 1,000 pesos.
On another occasion, he had to publish a clarification about a possible monetary benefit that would be obtained by all Internet users who participated in an online survey supposedly on behalf of the BCC.
“The BCC denies information circulating on social networks about a questionnaire, with which it can obtain monetary benefits. The governing institution calls on the population to carefully review the details of the information, to avoid falling into deception, as well as to verify the veracity of the official institutional profiles,” the institution said.
Last weekend, a piece of information circulated about at least two citizens who had problems with 100 CUP bills. One of them took out a 100 bill with its characteristic magenta color and the image of the martyr Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, but on the reverse it was completely blank. In the second case, the banknote is shown to be equally well printed on one side, but on the other it has an evident low concentration of ink. It seems that the ink in the printer was running out.
FOUNTAIN: newspapercubano.com
