Not even Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies would actually try to spend a (raise of the eyebrow here) -- $1 million bill.
But a man in Pittsburgh, Pa., tried to get change for one and became enraged after a clerk wouldn't accept it and the store manager confiscated the bogus money.
Maybe he should have tried that $1 billion bill. Authorities believe the bill originated at a Dallas ministry last year as part of a religious pamphlet.
-- Lance Murray
Three Tarrant County people accused of making more than $60,000 in counterfeit money have been indicted on several federal charges on running the scheme, according to a report filed by Staff Writer Domingo Ramirez, Jr.
A federal grand jury in Fort Worth has returned indictments late Wednesday against Carrie Rene Craft, 42, of Burleson; Bradley W. Kaluzniak, 35, of Haltom City; and Kimberly Sue Jones, 33, of Fort Worth.
The three were arrested last month on suspicion of passing counterfeit $100 bills from May until Aug. 23.
-- Bill Miller
Dancers at a strip club in Nashville know well what a real $100 bill should look like; that's why they thought one customer's money looked funny and they called police who arrested the man.
He has subsequently pleaded guilty to manufacturing and passing counterfeit currency, according to The Associated Press.
-- Bill Miller
A jury has convicted a Fort Worth police officer of trying to pass a counterfeit $100 bill at a Wal-Mart and she has been sentenced to 10 years' probation.
-- Lance Murray
