This Man Made $250M in Counterfeit Money and Got Away with It*

*Well, kind of. Meet Frank Bourassa, a Quebec native who printed a reported $250 million in counterfeit money and was able to sell $50 million of it before getting caught. Here’s how he did it.


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This Man Made $250M in Counterfeit Money and Got Away with It*

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[MinuteTutorials]

Incorrect. The people that actually made more money aren’t caught yet.

[scurity]

my friend got a worse sentence for having a gram on him what

[OptimusPrimeagar]

The best counterfeiters are still not caught

[elduro]

He looks like he should be on Pawn Stars

[Killatunga]

That's it? A $1500 fine??? I think I just found a new job...

[YupImBatman]

For those of you saying "no way he got to kept 50 million":
-He went to court after being caught with 1 million worth of fake 20's
-At court he basically said "what if i can give you 200 million more to take out of circulation" for a deal
-They cut his sentence, gave him the deal, and signed a plea agreement in which they would collect the last of the 200 at an undisclosed location on a certain date like a month later
-After collecting the money, they had searched his home computers and found out he had ordered enough of the cotton/linen paper to print 250 million worth, but the plea agreement was already signed.
-That last 50 mill of fake notes he was selling at 30% face value, so roughly 15mill profit he walked away with.

[posthocprior]

He’s obviously working for the government. This is why his punishment was so lenient.

[VireaxDesigner]

He paid the fine with his conterfeited money.

[iteachyouleech]

He either snitched, got jacked, or plain lying

[funsizealpha]

$1, 500 fine?

Sure, let me print that right up!
🤪

[altamvm]

I suppose we're all on a gov't watchlist now for clicking on this video

[dildoshwagins]

So I get caught with a little pot and put in prison for 3 years and become a felon but he got caught with 200million in counterfeit and got a $1500 fine

[kkolxasram]

How is it possible to be fined only 1500 dollars for such a crime?!!! It goes to show how ridiculous the law can be.

[blyatmobile]

The best counterfeiter is the one who isnt caught yet

[rage-gamer]

Canadian: Makes $200 Mill in counterfeit money
Other Canadians: Its okay ay, you'll just be fined $1500 ay.

[Joezter]

they should make this into a damn movie.

[jimr]

The most famous person who made money off of a counterfeit scheme, was a man in the 1800s who had 5 cent pieces with a large 5 on them. He plated them with gold and the $5.00 gold piece looked nearly the same as a nickel, just that the color was different. He then went to the cigar store every day to get his favorite 5 cent cigar, slid the nickel across the counter and the clerk would give him $4.95 change, thinking that it was a $5.00 gold piece. He was eventually caught, and prosecuted for theft, but they found that he never said here's $5.00, he just slid the coin across the counter. He was found innocent.

[ngi_]

Plot twist: FBI actually took that counterfeit money for themselves.

[loganandrews]

Next video:
This man murdered 50 people and got away with it*

[ConstantThrowing]

Imagine if a small channel made a video about this. Youtube would remove it SO fast.