A leaked video reveals the Houthis' involvement in randomly printing billions in currency

Informed sources in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, revealed that the Houthi militia has flooded the areas under their control with forged 1,000 Yemeni riyals banknotes, which are printed in the group's secret basements.

Activists on Facebook circulated a video clip, revealing the Houthi method of counterfeiting the currency, which is made of white paper with secret threads for the denomination of 1000 riyals of the 2006 edition.

According to the video clip that is being circulated, the method of counterfeiting the Yemeni currency is done easily after the Houthis obtain the paper for printing with the secret signs and tapes and the mark of the Central Bank of Yemen, in addition to the logo of the Republic of Yemen, on a white A4 paper, and then send it to printing.

Informed sources indicated that the forged currency, which was printed by the Houthis, is flooding the Yemeni market, and it is owned by large Houthi leaders, who use it to buy villas and lands from citizens.

According to the sources, the Houthi forgery of the Yemeni currency began in 2017, by forging an amount of 4 billion Yemeni riyals, with the help of Iranian experts.

Previous reports of the UN Security Council Panel of Experts on Yemen revealed that the United States of America arrested an Iranian expert in possession of a Yemeni money printer, and investigations revealed at the time that the Iranian expert helped the Houthis print 4 billion riyals.