489: Frank Bourassa | The World’s Greatest Counterfeiter Part Two

489: Frank Bourassa | The World’s Greatest Counterfeiter Part Two

Frank Bourassa counterfeited and sold $250 million in fake US currency until he was nabbed in an undercover operation. Now he runs a security company and works with the police to catch other counterfeiters.

What We Discuss with Frank Bourassa:
  • How someone creates a quarter of a billion dollars in American $20 bills that not only look genuine, but feel genuine even to experts.
  • The hours of research that Frank spent learning how to create counterfeit money that would pass most muster without immediately going to jail on his first attempt.
  • The catalyst that drove Frank to pursue a life of crime in the first place (and has probably tempted most of us to consider it from time to time).
  • It takes money to make money: Frank reveals the startup fees that went into his operation to literally print the perfect $20 bills en masse.
  • How much labor actually goes into a counterfeiting project at this scale -- once you find a crew you think you can trust.
  • And much more...

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