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2 unusual facts about counterfeit


Bugs and Thugs

The next day, Bugs becomes a criminal-catching detective talking on the phone, as a member of Detectives Guild: Local 839 (a pun on the cartoonists' union), styling himself as "Bugs Bunny, Private EyeballThugs Thwarted, Arsonists Arrested, Bandits Booked, Forgers Found, Counterfeiters Caught, and Chiselers Chiseled."

Copper Panic of 1789

As more counterfeiters began production and caused minters to have to debase their coins to remain in business, the value of copper began to fall.


1978 in organized crime

May 1 - Joseph Napolitan, a member of the Patriarca crime family, is convicted of conspiring to distribute $3.3 million in counterfeit $100 bills.

3 Dev Adam

The story takes place in Istanbul, where a violent criminal organization led by Spider-Man ("Spider's Gang") surfaces in the city with counterfeit United States dollars.

AM-Franc

With the swift take-over of sovereignty by General Charles de Gaulle, who considered the US occupation franc as “counterfeit money”, the currency rapidly faded out of use in favour of the pre-war French franc.

Bruce McCulloch

In the CBS prime-time special, (also featuring Dana Carvey, Al Franken, Jan Hooks, and others) he played a patron of a store that, among other things, sold counterfeit Kryptonite.

Counterfeit e.p.

Released in 1989, Counterfeit is a six-song E.P. of cover songs, hence the name, implying that the songs were not written by Gore.

Edgar Percival E.P.9

It was once owned in the late 1960s by a gang of international smugglers who found it the ideal way to smuggle stolen furs and counterfeit Swiss francs between England and Belgium.

Forgery as covert operation

The United States Secret Service was created by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War in 1865 to combat the high counterfeit rate of currency.

L'Strange

It was published by independent label REEP Records and includes previously recorded tracks, "Real Man", "Counterfeit", "Give It Up" and "Confusion", that make up the band's 1999 EP Demolition.

Luggage of the Gods!

When they leave the tribe, they find clothing, cassettes, and counterfeit paintings, which wreak havoc on the power structure and economy of the tribe.

Luohu District

These goods, ranging from DVDs to designer items (e.g. Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Gucci, etc.) are mostly to be found in Luohu Commercial City or Dongmen, though prices here can be much higher than similar counterfeit items purchased in less popular parts of the city.

Mac App Store

Not long after independent game developer Wolfire Games placed its game, Lugaru, on the Mac App store, as Lugaru HD for $9.99, the developer noticed a counterfeit copy of their game also being sold on the App Store for $0.99 USD.

Motor vehicle theft

Fraudulent theft: Illegal acquisition of a vehicle from a seller through fraudulent transfer of funds that the seller will ultimately not receive (such as by identity theft or the use of a counterfeit cashier's check).

Nate Driggers

On June 12, 2009, Driggers, along with one other man, was arrested and charged with selling counterfeit Nike Air Jordans.

News propaganda

A New York Times editorial (March 16, 2005) entitled "And now, the counterfeit news" affirms that at least 20 U.S. federal agencies, like the Department of Defense and the U.S. Census Bureau, produced and distributed hundreds of TV news reports since 2001 that were aired as if they were produced by the media.

Noborito

During World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army established its secret institute, the Number Nine Research Laboratory, for researching special weapons, such as balloon bombs, counterfeit bills, and other chemical and biological weapons.

Operation Bernhard

In the movie 5 Fingers, based upon the life of the German spy Cicero, the final plot turn is the revelation that the British currency is counterfeit.

Peter Silverman

Silverman hosted several reports on Citytv regarding Toronto optician Adam Plimmer, who was accused of selling counterfeit glasses (mainly Gucci and Oakley) and giving out eye exams despite being unqualified to do so by the College of Opticians.

Srizbi botnet

Unlike the usual messages about counterfeit watches, stocks, or penis enlargement, the mail contained promotional information about United States presidential candidate Ron Paul.

The Counterfeit Constable

The Counterfeit Constable is a 1964 French comedy film directed by Robert Dhéry and

The Footprints on the Ceiling

The plot soon expands to involve a psychic researcher and his favourite medium, a group of treasure hunters seeking a sunken treasure, counterfeit golden guinea coins, a man with blue skin (argyria), a gangster named Charles Lamb, a second murder by "the bends", and a murder scene with a set of neat footprints marching across the ceiling.

To Hull and Back

Despite that (and after receiving directions from an oil rig), they make it to Amsterdam, where they meet a Dutch diamond dealer named Hendrik Van Kleefe and conclude the transaction without a hitch, despite the fact that Boycie's money is counterfeit.

Trademark Counterfeiting Act of 1984

Louis Vuitton estimates two to three million counterfeit Louis Vuitton pieces are produced each year -- about twice the number of genuine products it manufactures.

Traitor's Purse

Operation Bernhard was a real life German plot to flood wartime Britain with counterfeit currency – however this did not become public until after the end of the war, so Allingham was unaware of it at the time the novel was written.

Vito Cascioferro

He was arrested at the barbershop of Giuseppe Romano on First Avenue that had been distributing the counterfeit money.

William Chaloner

The machine-struck silver coins produced by the Royal Mint in the Tower of London after 1662 were protected from clipping by an engraved, decorated and milled edge, but were instead forged, both by casting from counterfeit moulds and by die stamping from counterfeit dies.


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