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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 20, May 15, 2016, Article 30

DISNEY BUSTED IN MASSIVE COUNTERFEIT SCHEME

The satirical web site The Outhousers had this take on this week's news about the discontinuance of Disney Dollars. -Editor

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In a move that sent shockwaves through the amusement park community, Disney World and Disneyland have been busted for running one of the most elaborate and widespread counterfeit money schemes in history. According to a report from Robot 6, Disney parks have been producing fake currency featuring Disney characters since 1985 in denominations of $1, $5, $10, $20 and $50, and have somehow managed to fly under the radar of authorities for all of that time.

However, a recent sting operation that involved FBI agents dressed as costumed characters revealed that the counterfeit bills were in circulation all over both American Disney parks, with vendors exchanging the bills for real American currency. Government forces moved swiftly to shut down the operation, seizing over 2 billion Disney dollars in fake currency, as well as an entire money vault full of the stuff owned by powerful Disney executive Scrooge McDuck.

At press time, authorities believed it could take years before all of the Disney Dollars could be taken out of circulation. No arrests have been made at this time, but the hideout of local criminal organization The Beagle Boys is reportedly under surveillance, and police and swat teams could move in at any moment. We'll keep you posted.

To read the complete article, see:
REPORT: DISNEY BUSTED IN MASSIVE COUNTERFEIT SCHEME (www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/135321-report-disney-busted-in-massive-counterfeit-scheme.html)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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