Clerk Fooled by Bill With Bush's Picture

Clerk Fooled by Bill With Bush's Picture

GREENSBURG, Pa. (Sept. 1) - State police aren't laughing about the person who allegedly passed some funny money - a $200 bill with President Bush's picture on it - at a women's clothing store.



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Counterfeit Bush Bill

Police on Wednesday charged Deborah Trautwine, 51, with theft by deception, for allegedly passing a bogus $200 bill at the Fashion Bug store in Hempfield Plaza on Aug. 22. There is no such denomination, even without Bush's picture on it.

Police said they didn't know how the clerk was taken in by the ruse, even though several other things about the bill should have been a dead giveaway.

Among other things, the bill had a hokey serial number - DUBYA4U2001 - and didn't bear the signature of the secretary of the treasury. Instead, the bill was "signed" by Ronald Reagan, whose title was "Political Mentor" and by Bush's father, who is listed as "Campaign Advisor and Mentor."

The back of the bill was even goofier.

It depicted the White House with several signs erected on the lawn, including those reading "We Like Broccoli" and "USA Deserves A Tax Cut."

Trautwine's mother said she wasn't immediately available for comment Wednesday and declined to provide her work telephone number.


09-01-04 11:39 EDT

wow, what kind of crackhead clerk doesn't know a 200 dollar bill is fake, lmaoz.

Well in today's society I'm not surprised in the slightest.



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Frame Gride 2 said:

Among other things, the bill had a hokey serial number - DUBYA4U2001 - and didn't bear the signature of the secretary of the treasury.

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lolz ....

Classic.

That idiot clerk should have to pay the 200 bucks just for being stupid enough to accept that. What happened to the pen where people mark $100 bills to make sure they're not fake? This lady obviously can't count on her discriminating eye to tell the difference ....

Dollars to donuts some scheming entrepreneur is already rolling the presses and starting to sell these funny money as hilarious novelty items in this heated election year

And incidentally, other than McCain's well-meaning speech, all these speeches are making my dick limp. Talk about stay on message, I feel like I'm listening to the 'Learn Republicanese While You Sleep' education series. (as seen on TV!)

There things happen, I suppose.

I don't supose that funny money. Will be in the next edition of Monopoly?

I want to know if the person tried to use the bill for payment, or just for circulation.

ahahaha, feast your eyes on the 200 dollar bill in the limelight:

galfordo said:

That idiot clerk should have to pay the 200 bucks just for being stupid enough to accept that. What happened to the pen where people mark $100 bills to make sure they're not fake? This lady obviously can't count on her discriminating eye to tell the difference ....

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The best way (at least for me) to tell counterfeits apart from real money is touch. Real bills have a certain texture to them while fakes tend to be from copiers, hence giving them a smooth feel.

In this case the clerk should have noticed it was fake just from the pictures on the front.