We all know why someone would want to make their own money, but how do they do it? And how do they get away with it? ,Money Grows on Trees,We all know why someone would want to make their own money, but how do they do it? And how do they get away with it?
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Frank Bourassa led a life of crime since eighth grade making money from all sorts of illegal activities. When he was in his late twenties he decided it was time to mend his ways by trying to earn an honest living. He opened a small factory in his Canadian hometown of Trois-Rivières in Quebec that made brakes for vehicles. Surprisingly his factory was quite successful and Frank took home very nice earnings.
You’d think that Frank would be happy with his successful life but believe it or not he was miserable! True his factory was turning a nice profit but Frank had to work very hard — up to 20 hours a day! He was hardly getting any sleep and was soon diagnosed with anxiety. One day Frank decided that enough was enough and he sold his factory.
Frank spent the next several years researching US currency. (Why US and not Canadian? Well the US dollar holds great value all over the world making it one of the most widely counterfeited currencies.) Ironically Frank got much of his information from the US Secret Service’s own website which had lots of diagrams and guides about serial numbers watermarks and the other cool stuff on bills. Frank also read a lot of newspaper articles about counterfeiters who got caught so he could learn from their mistakes.
Frank learned that the best way to avoid getting caught was by selling his money in bulk instead of spending it himself. And selling his bills in Europe or Asia would be much safer than selling them in North America.
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