Gang trying to sell '10 lakh USD currency note' lands in

A five-member gang, including a woman, were picked up for questioning by police after they claimed to possess a 10 lakh USD currency note worth Rs six crore and offered it for Rs three crore.
Police said the five from Vaniyambadi in Vellore District had approached a youth here offering to "sell" the 'high denomination' US currency.
The youth, after consulting a lawyer, asked them to meet him to discuss the offer.
The gang came to the office of the lawyer and produced the currency and some coins along with an authentication letter, purportedly by the Govenrment of America validating the the currency.

Growing suspicious, the lawyer alerted the police, who took possession of the currency for verificaton and the gang members for interrogation, police said.