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bossradio93 · 03-15-2006, 02:07 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060315/us_nm/billion_dc

Man busted in Calif. with billion dollar bills

Tue Mar 14, 8:22 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The counterfeit money looked good, but there was one flaw. There's no such thing as a one billion dollar bill.

U.S. Customs agents in California said on Tuesday they had found 250 bogus billion dollar bills while investigating a man charged with currency smuggling.

Tekle Zigetta, 45, pleaded guilty to three federal counts of trying to bring cash, phony bills and a fake $100,000 gold certificate into the United States in January.

Further investigation led agents to a West Hollywood apartment where they found the stash of yellowing and wrinkled one billion dollar bills with an issue date of 1934 and bearing a picture of President Grover Cleveland.

"You would think the $1 billion denomination would be a giveaway that these notes are fake, but some people are still taken in," said James Todak, a secret services agent involved in the probe.

Yahoo! News/Reuters-March 14, 2006

James"Thunder"Early · 03-15-2006, 03:15 AM

Where did he think he'd pass those off at? Dummymart?

moeee · 03-15-2006, 03:38 AM

You big dummy!

Hollow · 03-15-2006, 05:26 AM

Ireneparalegal · 03-15-2006, 12:52 PM

he probably thought he could pass them at the 99 cents stores...

friendsfan77 · 03-16-2006, 04:40 PM

People are so dumb sometimes

gilligan fanatic · 03-16-2006, 04:43 PM

to bad he can't use the money for bail-lol

Courtnee · 03-16-2006, 06:52 PM

theshark8777 · 03-16-2006, 09:21 PM

Like the lady with the $1 million dollar bill who tried to use it at walmart for like $20 worth of stuff. Now even if there were a million dollar bill, would Walmart have change for it in the store, idiots.

03-15-2006, 02:07 AM	#1
bossradio93 Game Show Fanatic! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2004 Location: Bellflower, California Posts: 2,392	Man busted in Calif. with billion dollar bills http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060315/us_nm/billion_dc Man busted in Calif. with billion dollar bills Tue Mar 14, 8:22 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The counterfeit money looked good, but there was one flaw. There's no such thing as a one billion dollar bill. U.S. Customs agents in California said on Tuesday they had found 250 bogus billion dollar bills while investigating a man charged with currency smuggling. Tekle Zigetta, 45, pleaded guilty to three federal counts of trying to bring cash, phony bills and a fake $100,000 gold certificate into the United States in January. Further investigation led agents to a West Hollywood apartment where they found the stash of yellowing and wrinkled one billion dollar bills with an issue date of 1934 and bearing a picture of President Grover Cleveland. "You would think the $1 billion denomination would be a giveaway that these notes are fake, but some people are still taken in," said James Todak, a secret services agent involved in the probe. Yahoo! News/Reuters-March 14, 2006
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03-15-2006, 03:15 AM	#2
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03-15-2006, 03:38 AM	#3
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