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- theexitwound, on 07/02/2009, -0/+86Is that ALF on the thumbnail??
- wjappe, on 07/02/2009, -0/+53Son, like father, like the Fed.
- ThirdPoliceman, on 07/02/2009, -0/+24Times have been tough for him.
- endgame, on 07/02/2009, -0/+16I'm no criminal however I have consistently thought that if I was going to commit a crime it would be counterfeiting. I mean the risk is relatively low, its non violent, and probably not all that difficult with the right tools & knowledge. My motto is why steal when you can make it...
- Arcex, on 07/02/2009, -1/+17Well DUH, if someone asks me if I want to buy a $100 dollar bill for $20 bucks it's gonna raise my suspicions, what an idiot.
- ruskicommi, on 07/02/2009, -3/+19The Federal Reserve does it all the time
- TnTBass, on 07/02/2009, -0/+15His dad did it successfully for 14 years, while his son got caught after doing it 3 times. His dad is likely pissed at him for not doing a better job. Way to ruin the family business... :P
- FaceCage, on 07/02/2009, -0/+11Smart enough to make convincing $100s but dumb enough to try to sell them?
Just don your Rocky mask at retailers and pay cash for everything. - sibernetik, on 07/02/2009, -0/+11first thing i thought too
- SeanRockCity, on 07/02/2009, -1/+11I was wondering if you wanted to buy a $50 dollar bill for $10 bucks?
- ShadowFusion, on 07/02/2009, -0/+10ive always wondered what would happen if people were unintentionally thrown into that situation. Got change from a purchase somewhere and one of the bills happens to be fake, if you dont notice it and try to purchase with it could you be charged with a crime? or even not to that extent.. you will just be stuck with a fake bill and out $50 of your own money if no one accepts it
- wTheOnew, on 07/02/2009, -0/+10Is it really that hard to hit the w and h keys when you're already typing that much?
- Bullislander05, on 07/02/2009, -1/+11If I were him I'd pay the $250,000 fine in the counterfeit bills. :)
- jmontes, on 07/02/2009, -0/+10"The teen was released on $10,000 bond into his mother's custody."
Umm... did she pay it in cash? - BotchaMcCoola, on 07/02/2009, -0/+9Good point. Intelligent counterfeitors do it the smart electronic way at the Fed.
- PeanutCheeseBar, on 07/02/2009, -1/+10Dude, I ***** LOVE ALF.
- yacks, on 07/02/2009, -0/+9FREE ALF!
- walruspanzer, on 07/02/2009, -0/+7beautiful comment of the day
- inactive, on 07/02/2009, -0/+7its not how much money you create. it's the crime itself
- IphtashuFitz, on 07/02/2009, -0/+7I believe that the basic tenet of counterfeit currency is that you're ***** out of luck if you get stuck with it. If you as an individual pay for something with a counterfeit bill and don't get caught then you win. If the store doesn't catch the counterfeit and uses it to make change for somebody else then the store wins. But as soon as either an individual, a store, etc. is warned that a bill in their possession is counterfeit then that individual/store/whatever loses. They're now aware that they have a counterfeit bill and if they attempt to pass it they're in violation of federal law and can get busted for it. The best thing to do at that point is to turn it over to the Secret Service, but they sure as hell aren't going to reimburse you for it.
- Lucas123, on 07/02/2009, -0/+6Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
- robdiggity, on 07/02/2009, -0/+6It will still land you in Federal Pound Me In The Ass Prison though.
- Travelsonic, on 07/02/2009, -0/+6"She insisted we take them and after telling her repeatedly that we couldn't, she tried some 'I actually got them from here' BS."
Are you sure?
People who didn't actually counterfeit money inadvertently get thrown into the loop too you know. - Korberos, on 07/02/2009, -0/+5:: Mac vs. Windows debate ::
- HollasTJ, on 07/02/2009, -0/+5"$100 bill for $20? I'll take one. That was so easy, I'll take five more."
- mdonato, on 07/02/2009, -0/+5They can catch this guy but the two Japanese nationals who were caught smuggling $134.5 billion at the Italian border were let go? Small fish get nailed... big fish go free.
- borez, on 07/02/2009, -1/+6At least he won't have to deal with his dad being pissed at him.
- MrZaiko, on 07/02/2009, -0/+4This is digg! Don't make me read that much.
- MrCheerios, on 07/02/2009, -0/+4I always thought fake hundreds were easy to spot. I worked as a cashier for years and had to reject plenty, never fooled. Then a friend who worked at a bank showed me a stash of counterfeits they confiscated. Some of the hundreds she showed me were so good I couldn't tell how they were fake even after she explained the differences.
- buzaman, on 07/02/2009, -0/+4The government hates competition. Only one Counterfeiter per nation. :)
Counterfeit a few 100's and get a longer prison term than rape? - ygeoff419, on 07/02/2009, -0/+4Dude, learn from your parents ***** ups. Props to him producing a decent 100 at 18, woshambo for selling them at 20 a pop!
- uptwolait, on 07/02/2009, -0/+4Um, sure...that sounds less fishy.
- IphtashuFitz, on 07/02/2009, -0/+4True. But interestingly enough the Bureau of Engraving says:
Manufacturing counterfeit United States currency or altering genuine currency to increase its value is a violation of Title 18, Section 471 of the United States Code and is punishable by a fine of up to $5,000, or 15 years imprisonment, or both.
see http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/103
So I wonder where the $250,000 fine comes from... - vilago, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3it's funny how the other day i read that a basketball player killed one person and injured 2 with his car in reckless driving and got 30 days. this guy counterfeits money and gets 20 years? where's the justice?
- LargeStack, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3Alf the "Bender of the 80's"
- RcFromTwitter, on 10/10/2009, -0/+3I bet he paid the bail with cash.
- deema1, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3Officials are pissed because the ones he made are worth more than the real ones.
- BoneStamp, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3Because if you use a $100 bill on a $5 item you get $95 REAL dollars back. Large bills means you don't need to perform as many transactions to turn the fake bills. If you're spending $10 bills, you gotta buy a lot of crap and then sell or return it to get real money.
- FecalHurler, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3...But do you get conjugal visits?
- charmaniac, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3I saw a notice outside Hooters yesterday that said due to all the counterfeit $100.00 bills they had been receiving, they will be inspecting any $100.00 with extra precaution.
- ruskicommi, on 07/02/2009, -1/+4After reviewing your comment history, you seem to be nothing more then a common troll. Also the Federal Reserve is a bank that prints money based off nothing. Look at the decline of the dollar ever since 1913.
Take more personal cracks (hehe) at me it really helps your argument.
“I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world - no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.”
-President Woodrow Wilson, after passing the Fed reserve act - IphtashuFitz, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3There's no indication that he actually made the phony bills. For all everybody knows he just found a stash of the bills that daddy made. Pretty sad if he's just trying to profit off of the talents of his old man.
- FecalHurler, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3A million IOUs- they're as good as cash.
- BoneStamp, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2@jsffive
Currency devaluation is not the only problem with counterfeit money. Ruining small businesses is the main problem. If you look at some small retail businesses, the owner might net $100/day take home (some businesses even less). If he gets a fake $100 and the bank won't take it then he doesn't make any money that day. If he gets two $100 bills in a day then he lost $100 that day. If he gets enough, there is no way he can stay in business. - MrZaiko, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2Youre a dick...
Did Costco reward you for that? - serif69, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2Looks like a pig wearing a hockey helmet. Canadian bacon.
- jsffive, on 07/02/2009, -1/+3You are correct... IF the small business owner can't take that hundred dollar bill and spend it... But, in my original post, I DID include the caveat, "...if the hundreds LOOK like hundreds..."
If that were indeed the case, then no one would know the difference, and the small business owner would NOT be affected.
The point that I was trying to make, albeit not as eloquently as I would have liked, is, WHAT is the difference between the hundred dollar bills that ONE individual person creates, and the TRILLIONS of dollars that the Federal Reserve creates?
Look at this:
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
What, in 1913, USED to cost a dollar, NOW requires $21.60 to buy. How did THAT devaluation help the "small business owner"?
And at the risk of sounding confrontational, I think your argument is very similar to the constantly switching arguments of the Treasury and the Secret Service.
First, the argument is, "counterfeiting devalues the currency", but when one actually shows this to be a specious argument, due to the fact that the Fed creates TRILLIONS out of thin air, and the argument then changes to something like, "well, it wasn't the devaluing of currency that was the problem, it was the damage to the small business owner", and when that argument is countered, then it's something like, "well, it's the fact that the counterfeiter is gaining profit from fraud..."
Well, the truth is, ALL of those arguments are valid to some degree.
But NONE of those arguments apparently apply to the BANKS who perpetuate the most egregious counterfeiting in the history of this nation! The fact that all of their dollar bills are perfect replicas makes no difference. - ironeus, on 07/02/2009, -7/+9$112,900 != 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine
- ruskicommi, on 07/02/2009, -1/+3Conjugal visits, not that I know about. I have one client in prison right now and he says the first thing you do is kick someone's ass or become there bitch and everything will be alright.
- brokenwatch, on 07/02/2009, -1/+3cool post bro
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