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Former Cop Charged with Counterfeiting Due to Confusion Over Presidents

November 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

From this article it appears that Elli Tucker, an ex-cop, was found in possession of a counterfeit bill of such quality that it was able to pass the watermark test. The problem, the wrong president was on the bill. Whoever made this bill is one stupid criminal.
A recent article from the CBC shows why […]

Tags: Counterfeiting · Stupid Criminal

Canada the place to be for counterfeiters

November 20th, 2006 · No Comments

According to this Toronto Star article Canada is one of the world’s worst for circulation of bogus bills.
Internal documents obtained under the Access to Information Act show counterfeiting has for years exceeded a little-known benchmark used by the central bank to signal when the problem has reached “dangerous levels.”
The current threshold is 120 phony […]

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