That would be the store I would try to pass a bogus $1 million dollar bill at. I am surprised he didn't get away with it.
Man tried to use $1M bill at NC Walmart
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Cops: Man tried to use $1M bill at NC Walmart
The Associated Press
Saturday, December 31, 2011 2:57 PM EST
LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) - Do you have change for a million-dollar bill?
Police say a North Carolina man insisted his million-dollar note was real when he was buying $476 worth of items at a Walmart.
Investigators told the Winston-Salem Journal ( bit.ly/u7ZrEN) that 53-year-old Michael Fuller tried to buy a vacuum cleaner, a microwave oven and other items. Store employees called police after his insistence that the bill was legit, and Fuller was arrested.
The largest bill in circulation is $100. The government stopped making bills of up to $10,000 in 1969.
Fuller was charged with attempting to obtain property by false pretense and uttering a forged instrument. He is in jail on a $17,500 bond, and it isn't clear if he has an attorney. He is scheduled to be in court Tuesday.
For a Million you'de think he'd have a great attorney.
Cops: Man tried to use $1M bill at NC Walmart
The Associated Press
Saturday, December 31, 2011 2:57 PM EST
LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) - Do you have change for a million-dollar bill?
Police say a North Carolina man insisted his million-dollar note was real when he was buying $476 worth of items at a Walmart.
Investigators told the Winston-Salem Journal ( bit.ly/u7ZrEN) that 53-year-old Michael Fuller tried to buy a vacuum cleaner, a microwave oven and other items. Store employees called police after his insistence that the bill was legit, and Fuller was arrested.
The largest bill in circulation is $100. The government stopped making bills of up to $10,000 in 1969.
Fuller was charged with attempting to obtain property by false pretense and uttering a forged instrument. He is in jail on a $17,500 bond, and it isn't clear if he has an attorney. He is scheduled to be in court Tuesday.
For a Million you'de think he'd have a great attorney.
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LOL He probably would have if they didn't need to make change
I saw a 1.000 once that I was told was used for bank-to-bank hard currency exchanges-
I believe it was real, but I have been fooled before.
I was also -personally- at a BNY branch in Rye, NY quite a ways back, and overheard a bank manager telling somebody that they could not cash a check for FOUR MILLION dollars because the bank does not keep that much money on hand. I noddeed at my banker and said "That must be one hell of a party!"
I believe it was real, but I have been fooled before.
I was also -personally- at a BNY branch in Rye, NY quite a ways back, and overheard a bank manager telling somebody that they could not cash a check for FOUR MILLION dollars because the bank does not keep that much money on hand. I noddeed at my banker and said "That must be one hell of a party!"
I saw some large currency notes at the Smithsonian a long time back. They were for bank to bank exchanges.
Meth is a helluva drug....
And as an aside, all the very large denominations in the past were issued for bank transfers. $10k or 100k was a lot of money when gold was $35 an ounce.
He didn't dress the part. If he had just worn spandex, no one would have thought twice!!!
Dov
Dov
I'm pretty sure that even if the employees at WalMart wouldn't take it, some of the other customers would have been glad to make change for him...
I guess I can't go shopping with my Million dollar bill. Darn. Back on the wall with the rest of my junk on display in my office.
I had a few $1,000 notes in my hands many years ago going with my uncle to buy a car... never saw any again.Captain Will said:I saw a 1.000 once that I was told was used for bank-to-bank hard currency exchanges-
I believe it was real, but I have been fooled before.
I was also -personally- at a BNY branch in Rye, NY quite a ways back, and overheard a bank manager telling somebody that they could not cash a check for FOUR MILLION dollars because the bank does not keep that much money on hand. I noddeed at my banker and said "That must be one hell of a party!"
and what did he think he was going to get back as change....999,500.00 in cash? ;D ;D ;D
Damn I guess I have to burn all those $1million buck bills I around the house.
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