Yep....cause SO MANY PEOPLE carry a BILLION $ bill on them!

Merika · 03-23-2006, 09:25 AM

Man busted with billion-dollar bills in US

The counterfeit money looked good, but there was one flaw: there is no such thing as a billion-dollar bill.

US Customs agents in California say they 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, fake 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," James Todak said, a secret services agent involved in the probe.

- Reuters
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Vautrin · 03-23-2006, 11:30 AM

Not smart. How the hell are you supposed to get change for that, if you decide to spend like mad?

darkangelism · 03-23-2006, 03:08 PM

lmao what a moron.

TKDLady · 03-23-2006, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Vautrin

Not smart. How the hell are you supposed to get change for that, if you decide to spend like mad?

I want to know what he tried to buy and who was sucker enough to accept the money!!

Merika · 03-24-2006, 07:44 AM

There is no such currency as a billion dollar bill. I don't know how he came up with the idea in the first place. Maybe he thought it would fool more people since no one has really seen such a bill.

Vautrin · 03-24-2006, 11:02 AM

It would be funny if there had been hyperinflation in the US, making the money next to worthless, as happened in Germany in the 1920's.

Paul · 03-24-2006, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Vautrin

It would be funny if there had been hyperinflation in the US, making the money next to worthless, as happened in Germany in the 1920's.

It'll probably happen someday...

man that guy was an idiot.

Vautrin · 03-24-2006, 06:35 PM

"I want to buy this peanutbutter. And can you give me the change in dimes?"

I wonder though: how much would 10 billion dimes weigh? 10 billion times 2.27 grams = 10 million times 2.27 kg (a bit more than 5 lbs) = a hefty 50 million lbs.

Add in considerations of volume, and you would probably need a battle-cruiser or something like that to transport your dimes

. Or a couple of Antonov Transport planes?

BattleaxE · 03-24-2006, 09:59 PM

who needs a calculator when you have a vautrin lol

Luba · 03-28-2006, 07:20 PM

What a fool!

Merika · 03-29-2006, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by BattleaxE

who needs a calculator when you have a vautrin lol

Vautrin is the only one who would've bothered doing the math. He has an inquisitive mind!!!

sweetbilly · 04-06-2006, 06:17 PM

I truly believe he could have gotten change if he would have gone to Arkansas first, they're not too bright down there

He must have been from Europe, what a maroon!

sweetbilly · 04-06-2006, 06:18 PM

I truly believe he could have gotten change if he would have gone to Arkansas first, they're not too bright down there

He must have been from Europe, what a maroon!

Vautrin · 04-06-2006, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetbilly

I truly believe he could have gotten change if he would have gone to Arkansas first, they're not too bright down there

He must have been from Europe, what a maroon!

Please, inform me what having fugitive Black slave(s) in the family tree has to do with this.