Possessing/making counterfeit money

[Car]

What would the charge be if someone made counterfeit money and then used it to by goods and sell those goods? Also what would the sentence be like?

 

[Rob Legat - SBPL]

Severe.

Having materials used for counterfeiting money - 10 years
Having consumables used for counterfeiting money - 10 years
Making counterfeit money - 14 years.
Possessing counterfeit money without reasonable excuse - 10 years.
Uttering (using) counterfeit money - 12 years.

See the Crimes (Currency) Act 1981

 

[Rod]

And sentences can be cumulative (ie 10 yrs + 10 yrs).

One case where someone in 2010 was caught with the means to make fake money and about $32,000 in fake cash received a 4 yr 3 mth sentence in NSW.

Many cases involve other offences like drugs and firearms.

One guy had 51 fake $1 notes in 2016! Why?

The hard part is not making the money, it is spending it without being caught.