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• The E-Sylum: Volume 8, Number 5, January 30, 2005, Article 14
  

  THE CHANGING (PIMPLEY) FACE OF THE COUNTERFEITER
  

  Jeff Reichenberger writes: "There was an interesting article
  in today's (1/24) Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel about
  counterfeiting entitled, 'The new creators of counterfeit
  currency'. Mainly talking about digital technology, scanning,
  photography, etc. The secret service in Milwaukee has been
  busy tracking down mostly teenagers with nice computers
  who duplicate $5 and $10 bills and use them at retail stores
  and McDonalds.
  

  I just finished reading the book, 'Money of their Own' -the
  stories of the worlds greatest counterfeiters- by Murray Teigh
  Bloom. 1957. Therein describes the most elaborate,
  sophisticated, drawn-out, and carefully planned counterfeit
  schemes the world has known, from 'Operation Bernhard'
  (the nazi plan of WWII), to William M. Jacobs, the successful
  Pennsylvania cigar maker who decided he wasn't making
  enough money selling nickel cigars.
  

  It struck me funny that it used to be big criminals trying to
  get filthy rich making phoney money, or wartime strategists
  trying to bring down the enemy by flooding it with bogus
  bills.
  Now the secret service has to chase teenagers who just
  needed a burger and fries! The times they are a'changin'."
  

  To read the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal article, go to
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• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v08n05a14.html

Date published

• 2005-01-30

Volume

• 8

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