Can anyone really be this stupid?

[rumpletumbler]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/fakemillion1.html

 

[Flying Illini]

yes. walmart attracts people of that caliber.

 

[mckpickle]

Ya but I bet the rocket scientist at walmart would have given her change if she handed over two $1,000 bills!

 

[JB74]

Can anyone really be this stupid?

You don't get down to FL much do you?

 

[jbud]

The funny thing is that it's probably a grand felony when you have a $1,000,000 forgery.

My favorite part is that she tried to pay for her $1671.55 purchase with two Walmart cards, but one only had $1.82 and the other one had fifty cents on it. That's when she asked if they could change a $1,000,000 bill.

 

[jarhead]

Just to be technical, there could not ever be a "forgery" of a one million dollar bill, as no million dollar bill has ever been produced by the U.S. treasury. one hundred thousand dollar note was the largest denomination ever made, and they were discontinued back in the 1920's I believe. In 1969, the U.S. stopped printing all bills of $500 and higher. Largest bill made now is $100. No need for big bills any longer, and it is illegal to buy anything via a cash transaction greater than $10,000, due to laws made to curtail money laundering.

Besides, all ya need is your bank debit card now days if you really have that much in a checking account.

 

[jbud]

Just to be technical, there could not ever be a "forgery" of a one million dollar bill, as no million dollar bill has ever been produced by the U.S. treasury. one hundred thousand dollar note was the largest denomination ever made, and they were discontinued back in the 1920's I believe. In 1969, the U.S. stopped printing all bills of $500 and higher. Largest bill made now is $100. No need for big bills any longer, and it is illegal to buy anything via a cash transaction greater than $10,000, due to laws made to curtail money laundering.

Besides, all ya need is your bank debit card now days if you really have that much in a checking account.

Are you saying that if you add 3 zeros to a $1,000 bill that wouldn't be a forgery?

Forgery Definition (World Net): criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

or Websters 1913 dictionary definition: The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely.

I'm just wondering???

 

[RJFlyer]

Aren't we talking about "counterfeiting" here?

Main Entry: counterfeit
Function: verb
transitive senses : to imitate or feign especially with intent to deceive; also : to make a fraudulent replica of <counterfeiting $20 bills>
intransitive senses
1 : to try to deceive by pretense or dissembling
2 : to engage in counterfeiting something of value

 

[jarhead]

A few years ago, there were some three dollar bills floating around. They had the face of William Jefferson Clinton on the front of them, and I don't recall what was on the back. They looked like U.S. Currency, in size and color, but no one ever thought they were real (well, maybe a few folks in Arkansas) They were a JOKE, not a CRIME. The same goes for a 1 million dollar bill.

Don't take any wooden nickles!

 

[jarhead]

Last update: March 11, 2004 at 6:48 AM
Woman says it was all a million-dollar mistake
Associated Press
ATLANTA -- A woman who tried to use a fake $1 million bill to buy $1,675 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart said it was all just a misunderstanding - she thought the bill was real.
The United States Treasury does not make $1 million bills.
``You can't keep up with the U.S. Treasury,'' said Alice Pike, speaking from jail.

Pike, 35, was arrested last week at the Wal-Mart. The bill was a novelty item that can be bought at gag shops. Pike told police she got it from her estranged husband, who is a coin collector.
Pike said she first tried to buy the merchandise with two Wal-Mart gift cards. But the cashier told her the cards only had a total value of $2.32. That's when Pike says she pulled out the $1 million bill.
``All I've got is this,'' Pike said she told the cashier.
``I wasn't trying to pass off the bill,'' she said. ``That's ridiculous.''
A police report says Pike tried to pay for the items with the fake bill and even asked for change.
Prosecutors must decide whether to prosecute Pike on charges of first-degree forgery.


Conclusion....the woman did not "make" or "forge" the bill. It was a novelty item available for purchase in a gas station, and for the store to make claim she was trying to defraud them is a joke. Are the clerks in Walmart that dumb, that they would think a crime was being pulled on them?

I doubt you will see much press on this, but this will be tossed out by a judge faster than you can blink. What if she had tried to "pay" for her merchandise with confederate currency? It's not a crime to be stupid. Just look around you....our jails would need to be tripled in size.

 

[Flywrite]

No need for big bills any longer, and it is illegal to buy anything via a cash transaction greater than $10,000, due to laws made to curtail money laundering.

It's not illegal to buy anything for more than $10k cash, it just has to be reported to the govt.

 

[jarhead]

Flywrite

You may be correct about that point.

A few years ago, in Minneapolis, it made a headline story when a man tried to buy a Cadillac with cash. The dealer would not take the money, and told him to go buy a cashiers check at a bank. The dealer also alerted law enforcement, and when the guy came back, the authorities were waiting for him.

The guy was subsequently arrested, tried, and convicted of various money laundering charges of proceeds from drug dealing.

 

[surplus1]

Are the clerks in Walmart that dumb, that they would think a crime was being pulled on them?

IF someone was actually arrested and put in jail for this, it is not just the clerks at Wal-Mart that are mentally challenged.

It's not a crime to be stupid.

Given a recent "high profile" trial and conviction, I would not be so sure of that.

Just look around you....our jails would need to be tripled in size.

Considering the number of people we already have in jails/prisons for victemless "crimes" against the state (I believe it is more than any other country), you can anticipate the continuous construction of more jails.

The construction and operation of jails and prisons is big business, with lot's of profits for many people. It provides employment for many, such as preachers, doctors, shrinks, chefs, dieticians, counselors, educators, police, sherrifs, lawyers, judges, guards, administrators, clerks, etc., and lucrative subcontracts for various services, bonus rates for telephone companies, opportunities for political candidates and a substantial Federal contribution, per inmate, to the State treasury. "Growth" is just as essential to the continued "success" of this business enterprise as any other. You can be assured that if the populace does not itself create or commit enough "new crimes" to continue the growth of the incarceration business, the politicians will hire consultants and invent whatever new "crimes" may be necessary. That stupidity is already one of them should come as no surprise.

The fact that I have just said what I just said, may soon be on the new "list". Stay tuned.

 

[Jmmccutc]

Are the clerks in Walmart that dumb

Man I once saw a guy in Walmart take a box, look at the bar code (in the upper right corner as facing him) and flip the box over rotate it and try to scan the upper right corner (bar code now being in the lower left corner) this went on for no joke, 10 minutes, and someone finally suggested that he just enter the numbers manually, he then proceeded to make about 15 attempts to enter the numbers before he called another clerk who scanned the code right away...

Moral of the story: Walmart is an equal opportunity employer, which I’m cool with, but don't give stupid people a job that requires thought...I mean, take the old guy that stands at the door, and let him play with the money (thank god I used my debit card and didn't have to wait for change) and have the dimmer bulbs smile and say hello as you come into the store...

 

[Immelman]

Re: Flywrite

You may be correct about that point.

The guy was subsequently arrested, tried, and convicted of various money laundering charges of proceeds from drug dealing.

Now now, we all know that the one thing you can't use cash for is a one-way airline ticket.. purcahsed at the counter 30 minutes prior to departure

..."This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private."...

 

[Jmmccutc]

our jails would need to be tripled in size.

Not nesecarialy, i think there was a guy named Darwin that said something about fit people surviving, this also applies to the fit of mind...well then just wait a little while and the stupid folks will eventually be weeded out of the gene pool...but hey, i'm all for helping them along a little quicker...

 

[Pilot124]

If you only have 50 cents remaining on your WALMART card thats when you consider parking your car in the garage while its running and read a good book till you fall asleep..