A Pietermaritzburg woman who had hoped to print her way to riches by running a counterfeit money manufacturing racket was convicted on various charges yesterday and was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment or a fine of R10 000.

Bombay Road resident Shobana Manipersadh (42) appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court charged with producing and being in possession of counterfeit money. She pleaded guilty and was convicted.

She was arrested in October last year following an investigation by police and local security companies that had received complaints from multiple small business owners in the Northdale area of purchases made with fake money.

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