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| Mysterious $100 'supernote' counterfeit bills | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 30 2008, 09:04 PM (82 Views) | |
| mynameis | Jan 30 2008, 09:04 PM Post #1 |
Internet Jujitsu
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Mysterious $100 'supernote' counterfeit bills appear across world By KEVIN G. HALL McClatchy Newspapers * Hollywood may open up the KC Federal Reserve, but the real one shuts us out DANDONG, China | The currency changer, brazenly plying his illegal trade in the Bank of China lobby, pulled out a thick wad of cash from around the world and carefully removed a bill. The 2003 series U.S. $100 bill was a fake, but not just any fake. It was a “supernote,” a counterfeit so perfect it’s an international whodunit. It had come from a North Korean businessman, the changer said, getting angry looks from his confederates. He stank of alcohol, but his story was plausible. The impoverished hermit nation sat just across the Yalu River from Dandong. The Bush administration and members of Congress two years ago loudly accused North Korean leaders of being behind the counterfeiting of U.S. currency, but a 10-month McClatchy Newspapers investigation raises questions about those charges. As the currency changer told a reporter, “The ones from Europe are much better.” page one http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/441167.html page two http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/441167-p2.html page three http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/441167-p3.html page four http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/441167-p4.html |
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| Q | Jan 31 2008, 02:10 AM Post #2 |
A Higher Evolution
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When Straya released its paper $100 note, it was so shoddy, that people were photocopying it and dressing up the photocopies with colored pencil--and getting away with it! |
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