The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 37, September 12, 2004, Article 14

JUDGE TO COUNTERFEITER: YEAH, SURE...

  Len Augsberger forwarded the following counterfeiting
  story from the Reuters newswire:

  "A Danish man was sentenced to 25 days in jail after
  trying to buy a pizza with fake banknotes he said his
  grandchildren had made for a game of Monopoly.

  The 57-year-old said he had rented two color photocopiers
  to make extra fake money for the regular family games of
  Finans, a Danish version of the popular board game, the
  news agency Ritzau reported on Monday.

  He said he had simply made a mistake when he tried to
  pay for pizza and ice cream with a fake 500 crown ($80) note.

  But the court, hearing that he had been carrying 57,000
  crowns worth of forged notes when he was arrested, followed
  one of the Monopoly game's instructions and told him to
  "Go to Jail."    Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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