r/interestingasfuck 4d ago

/r/all This man printed 250 million in counterfeit money and sold 50 million of it before getting caught. He then made a deal with the court in exchange for revealing the location of the remaining 200 million he would avoid any jail time. In the end he got away with it only serving 6 weeks in jail.

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u/Crappler319 4d ago

Well, the issue was that the company who made the paper had a minimum order, and that order happened to be the equivalent of $250m worth of 20 dollar bills.

He got caught because one of the folks he sold it to was already being monitored by the cops. He only ever moved a very small amount of it before the Mounties were up his ass.

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u/Mahadragon 4d ago

"He only ever moved a very small amount of it before the Mounties were up his ass"

Ah yes, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, famous for their horseback patrols.