WALMART CUSTOMER SPENDS $1 MILLION BILL (OR TRIES TO) Público Deposited
- Colin Gullberg forwarded this article, about another stupid thief. The Winston-Salem Journal of North Carolina reported a man's attempt to spend a "million dollar bill" at a local Walmart. Adrián González Salinas and Rich Bottles also reported this story. -Editor
Talk about leaving the store with a big chunk of change.
A Lexington man is accused trying to use a fake $1 million bill to pay for his purchases at a Walmart.
Michael Anthony Fuller, 53, of 3 Parker St., walked into the Walmart on Lowes Boulevard in Lexington on Nov. 17. He shopped for a while, picking up a vacuum cleaner, a microwave oven and other merchandise, totaling $476, an arrest warrant says.
When he got to the register, Fuller gave the cashier the phony bill, saying that it was real.
Store staff called police.
Fuller was later charged with attempting to obtain property by false pretense and uttering a forged instrument, both felonies, court records show.
A warrant says of the fake million-dollar bill: "There is no such thing."
The largest bill in circulation is a $100 bill. In 1969, federal officials discontinued the use of $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills because of lack of public use.
Fuller was being held Friday night in the Davidson County Jail with bond set at $17,500. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.
To read the complete article, see: Lexington man charged with making a fake $1 million bill and trying to spend it (www2.journalnow.com/news/2011/dec/31/wsmain01
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