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Rangiora punter 'shocked' at betting agency TAB's reluctance to investigate counterfeit notes

Mariné Lourens05:00, Jan 12 2021

An avid Canterbury punter says he was “shocked and annoyed” when he reported receiving counterfeit notes in a racing day payout and was told by the TAB there was nothing it could do.

Bruce Gasson, an elite TAB customer, won $680 at the trots at Rangiora Harness Racing Club on the first Sunday of the new year. His payout included three $100 notes.

Gasson said when he arrived back home, he realised two of the notes “didn’t look quite right”. After a closer look he realised they were counterfeit.

“They can pass for the real thing at a quick glance, but if you study them closely you can pretty much tell they are fake,” he said

Bruce Gasson received two counterfeit $100 notes as part of a racing day payout at the Rangiora trots. 

He contacted the TAB, which said the information would be passed to its investigations team.

 

He was told the only way the TAB would consider reimbursing him was if police ordered it to do so.

“I am trying to be a good citizen by reporting this, and they treat you like that? I was really quite shocked and annoyed about it.”

Gasson had no better luck with police. After reporting the counterfeit notes, officers visited his home and confirmed they were fake.

One of the officers took a photo of them, told him there wass not much the police could do and left without taking the illegal notes with them, Gasson said.

“There are fake notes being circulated. Surely [the police] should be a bit more interested than that?

After Stuff inquired about the case, both agencies appeared to have amended their response.

Gasson was contacted by the TAB over the weekend and told the agency would reimburse him for his loss.

Meanwhile, on Monday morning police officers arrived at his Rangiora home to collect the counterfeit notes.

Gasson said his concern was less about being reimbursed and more about the fact that counterfeit money was making its way through a national betting agency’s system.

“Surely they should be alarmed that [counterfeit money] is flowing through TAB payouts.”

A TAB spokesman confirmed Gasson had been refunded for his loss, but referred further questions to police.

A police spokesman said the notes were initially left with Gasson to allow him to “further engage with the betting venue to negotiate claiming legal tender”, but acknowledged this was not standard practice and that officers later collected the notes.

“It was established there were no available lines of inquiry into how the notes came to be in circulation,” the spokesman said.

Jon Duffy, chief executive of Consumer NZ, said he expected businesses would not be giving out counterfeit money and if they did, they should be willing to refund customers with legal currency and pursue the matter with police or the Reserve Bank.

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Surprise surprise once Stuff got involved they changed their attitude. Unbelievable the TAB has an investigation team and also employs plenty for the money laundering Act. Hello laundering money = counterfeiting of money yet they sit back and do nothing until asked the question why not by Stuff.

Once again what do you think would happen in private enterprise when a department acted the way they did initially. Just continue to make jokes of themselves and they want people to come back and bet with them when you read a story like that, yes they are obviously taking the piss.

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