偽の新１万円札使用容疑で男逮捕　全国初、自宅でカラー印刷か―警視庁

　偽の新１万円札をコンビニで使用したとして、警視庁捜査２課は１３日までに、偽造通貨行使容疑で、職業不詳斎藤瑞樹容疑者（２７）＝東京都台東区千束＝を逮捕した。「私がやったことです」と容疑を認めているという。同課によると、昨年７月に発行された新札の偽造を巡る摘発は全国初。
　同課が１１日、同容疑者の自宅を家宅捜索したところ、偽造された新１万円札と新５千円札計５０枚以上と家庭用カラープリンターが見つかった。同課は自宅で印刷、偽造していたとみて調べる。
　逮捕容疑は２月１０日未明、新宿区のコンビニで、飲料品とたばこ１箱（計６９０円）の購入代金として、偽の新１万円札を使った疑い。（2025/03/13-17:58）

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department recently arrested a man on suspicion of using a fake of a newly circulated 10,000 yen bank note, investigation sources said Thursday.
   The suspect, Mizuki Saito, 27, living in the capital's Taito Ward, admitted using the counterfeit currency. It is the first time that police have taken action against the use of a counterfeit of one of the new bills since they debuted in July last year.
   According to the sources, Saito allegedly used a fake of a new 10,000 yen note to pay a bill totaling 690 yen for a drink and a packet of cigarettes at a convenience store in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Feb. 10.
   Officers found at least 50 forgeries of new 10,000 and 5,000 yen notes as well as a color printer in his house. The MPD believes the suspect forged the bills there.
   As fakes of the new notes have been used at several convenience stores in Tokyo since February, the department is investigating possible links between the suspect and those counterfeits.