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Originally Posted by sortie
I got news for you. It is illegal simply to possess counterfeit money.
Get caught with a pocket full of fake bills and go straight to jail wether you planned
on using them or not.
Kind of like the illegal drug thing, you don't have to actually use the drugs to get busted.
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Sorry, but I think you missed some important wording in the law, if you even read it at all.
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Possession of counterfeit United States obligations with fraudulent intent is a violation of Title 18, Section 472 of the United States Code and is punishable by a fine or imprisonment for up to 15 years, or both.
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"Fraudulent intent" is the key. You are suggesting that if I give you a counterfeit bill and you accept it without knowing, that you'd be breaking the law for possession. That's simply not true.
http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/money_law.shtml
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/1...2----000-.html