Greater Noida, Oct. 7 -- Three men who allegedly learnt to print counterfeit currency through social-media reels were arrested in Greater Noida on Tuesday, with police recovering fake Rs.100 notes with a face value of about Rs.2.55 lakh from their possession.

Police identified the suspects as Bunty, 23, Khushdil, 21, and Upendra, 25, all residents of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh.

According to police, they received information that a group in Greater Noida was allegedly exchanging counterfeit currency for USDT (Tether), a cryptocurrency-linked stablecoin.

"Following the information, an investigation was conducted and the suspects were arrested from the Sisra area on Tuesday," said Arvind Kumar, station house officer of Ecotech 1 police stat...