# Man in Graubünden Fined for Ordering play Money Online
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Anyone who orders play money online risks criminal proceedings more quickly than many people realize. A case from Graubünden shows how seemingly harmless party props can end up in front of the judiciary.
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* A man from Graubünden ordered play money on Amazon, which ended up in customs and triggered criminal proceedings as of its similarity to real US dollar bills.
* The Federal prosecutor’s Office sentenced him with a criminal warrant for counterfeiting banknotes without the intention of counterfeiting.
* The delinquent must pay 500 francs in procedural costs.The play money was destroyed.
At the beginning of the year, a Graubünden man was targeted by the judiciary after he ordered a package containing play money and a cash pistol on the Amazon shopping platform. Though, the package did not end up with him, but at customs, who immediately suspected possible criminal proceedings.
Suspicious,the authorities forwarded the shipment to the Graubünden cantonal police. There, experts took a close look at the play money and counted it.
In mid-March 2025, they reported: The 149 banknotes bore the imprint “Prop Copy” or the note “No means of payment” in red Cyrillic script.
Because the notes otherwise looked deceptively similar to real US dollar banknotes, they appeared “real from a distance,” Fedpol experts said.
From the investigators’ point of view, this means: The Grisons resident could have put counterfeit money worth 4,599 US dollars (around 3,700 francs) into circulation with an order worth 90 euros.
## 300 francs fine with probation period
Consequence: The investigators summoned him for questioning in March. There he explained that he was aware of the ban on importing counterfeit