Georgia man tries to deposit fake $1M bill

[Oscar]

1 hour, 54 minutes ago

AIKEN, S.C. - A bank teller in Clearwater had a million reasons not to open an account for an Augusta, Ga., man Monday, authorities said. Alexander D. Smith, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery after he walked into the bank and tried to open an account by depositing a fake $1 million bill, said Aiken County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank.

The employee refused to open the account and called police while the man started to curse at bank workers, Frank said.

The second forgery charge came after investigators learned Smith bought several cartons of cigarettes from a nearby grocery store with a stolen check, Frank said.

The federal government has never printed a million-dollar bill, Frank said.
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I also have a $1,000,000 ... anyone care to trade it for $500,000 cash?

[jayman]

one problem.. since theres no such thing as a million dollar bill then there can't be any such thing as a fake one.. therefore it was not a forgery..

I was thinking the exact same thing Jayman. Although I guess his intent was there.

Could have been a cheque?

Under the law, any document one presents and holds out to be genuine when it is actually fake is forgery....