1. "Man buys groceries with worthless GW Bush currency" <http://www.poe-news.com/stories.php?poeurlid=26350> "The bogus bill -- the U.S. Mint does not print a $200 bill -- bore the image of President George W. Bush on the front and had the White House on the back" 2. "Woman arrested in Georgia for trying to pass fake million-dollar bill" <http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/03/09/376110-ap.html> "The U.S. Treasury does not make $1-million bills, but similar-looking currency is sold in some souvenir shops" 3. "'Redemption theorist' ordered to do penance in prison for bank fraud" <http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04105/300496.stm> "convicted of trying to pass a fake U.S. Treasury check for $25 million" 4. "Thief steals fake 1,000 euro note" <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1020478.html> "A man who stole what he thought was a 1,000 Euro note, has been arrested by police in Berlin" 5. "Mushroom picker stumbles across counterfeit cash" <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200309/s949063.htm> "It did not take the police long to decide they were fakes; most of them bore the same number" 6. "Costly counterfeits puzzle police" <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1163401.htm> "Japanese police are scratching their heads in bewilderment over the country's latest counterfeiting trend - fake notes that cost as much to make as their face value"
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Posted by Bruno at 8:08am