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In two sting operations running from 2002 to 2005, dubbed "Operation Smoking Dragon" and "Operation Royal Charm", United States agents arrested at least 87 people on charges that included smuggling superdollars. About $4.5 million in counterfeit currency was seized, much in $100 bills.
Producing or using counterfeit money is a form of fraud or forgery, and is illegal in all jurisdictions of the world. The business of counterfeiting money is nearly as old as money itself: plated copies (known as Fourrées ) have been found of Lydian coins , which are thought to be among the first Western coins. [ 1 ]
In addition to the two engraved signatures customary on United States banknotes (the Register of the Treasury and Treasurer of the United States), the earlier issues of Gold certificates (i.e., 1865, 1870, 1875, and some 1882) included a third signature of one of the Assistant Treasurers of the United States (in New York or Washington, D.C.). [14]
"To Counterfeit is Death" - counterfeit warning printed on the reverse of a 4 shilling Colonial currency in 1776 from Delaware Colony American 18th–19th century iron counterfeit coin mold for making fake Spanish milled dollars and U.S. half dollars Anti-counterfeiting features on a series 1993 U.S. $20 bill The security strip of a U.S. $20 bill glows under black light as a safeguard against ...
1928 US$500 Gold Certificate. The United States five-hundred-dollar bill (US$500) is an obsolete denomination of United States currency. It was printed by the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) beginning in 1861 and ending in 1945. Since 1969 banks are required to send $500 bills to the United States Department of the Treasury for ...
The U.S. Treasury Department has delayed the deadline for millions of small businesses to Jan. 13, 2025, to file a new form, known as a Beneficial Ownership Information report.
Promotional fake United States currency is fantasy "currency", adapted from United States currency that makes no assertion of being legal tender and is often created by individuals as a way to promote practical jokes, or social statements. It is legal to print so long as it makes no assertion, whether by appearance or statement, of authenticity ...
From handbags to clothing, shoes and even sunglasses, federal authorities say they seized more than $1 billion worth of counterfeit luxury products in New York, making it the largest seizure of ...