Quantcast
 |  |  |  | 
  Create a List    
What's a Wiki?
 Great Wiki Lists




    ListAfterList Home  >  Money & Real Estate > Money Doesn't Grow on Trees: Counterfeiting Laws

Money & Real Estate


ListAfterList on the web

Follow us on Twitter

Join us on Facebook

Or join us at LinkedIn
spacer

Print This List Print This List   Email to a Friend Email to a Friend  

Money Doesn't Grow on Trees: Counterfeiting Laws  
Do's/Don'ts ListAfterList List

Tags: Money, Currency, Bills, Coins, Counterfeit, Law, Rule, Punish, Jail, Prison, Government, Print

These are the laws and punishments for counterfeiting money.

  •  
  • Manufacturing counterfeit United States currency or altering genuine currency to increase its value is punishable by a fine of up to $5,000, or 15 years imprisonment, or both.
  •  
  • Possession of counterfeit United States obligations with fraudulent intent is punishable by a fine of up to $15,000, or 15 years imprisonment, or both.
  •  
  • Anyone who manufactures a counterfeit U.S. coin in any denomination above five cents is subject to the same penalties as all other counterfeiters. Anyone who alters a genuine coin to increase its numismatic value is punishable by a fine of up to $2,000, or imprisonment for up to 5 years, or both.
  •  
  • Forging, altering, or trafficking in United States Government checks, bonds, or other obligations is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000, or ten years imprisonment, or both.
  •  
  • Printed reproductions, including photographs of paper currency, checks, bonds, postage stamps, revenue stamps, and securities of the United States and foreign governments (except under the conditions previously listed) are punishable by fines of up to $5,000, or 15 years imprisonment, or both.

    Lister: prattedit
    Source: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing

    Other lists of interest:

    People and Presidents on Coins and Bills
    PEOPLE Wiki List (1)
    Money, Money, Money: Buildings and Pictures on Backs of Bills
    IDKT ListAfterList List (0)
    Average Lifespan of Currency
    IN THE PAST ListAfterList List (1)
    U.S. Citizen Arrested for Drugs?: Here is What You Can Expect From the U.S Government
    INTERESTING ListAfterList List (0)
    The "Next Eleven" List of Countries
    INFORMATIVE ListAfterList List (0)

    This list not rated yet – be the first to rate it 

    Rate it:
    Give your rating for this list. One is the lowest score, five is the highest.

      Rate

    Add a Comment:
    Add your comments about the list. Enter your comment in the box below.

    Add comment
    There are no comments for this list. Be the first to post!

    Report this list: 
    spam.jpg     Bookmark this list:




    Check out these top rated lists:

    1.4Real: Forbidden Baby Names
    ODDS & ENDS Wiki List (1) (Rating = 5.00)
    2.Video List: Top 5 Most Affordable Places for Retirees to Live
    BESTS ListAfterList List (1) (Rating = 5.00)
    3.American Idol Rumor: Final Four Contestants Already Fixed
    TOP # User Created List (0) (Rating = 5.00)
    4.Will Ferrell, Alec Baldwin, Don Imus and other Popular Videos
    TOP # ListAfterList List (0) (Rating = 5.00)
    5.Direct Mail Tips
    INFORMATIVE User Created List (0) (Rating = 5.00)

    spacer
    LAL Team  |  Cool Lists and List Sites  | Copyright 2008, ListAfterList.com, LLC