Comments on: North Korean Counterfeit And Few Seemed To Care

By: Schizoid_Mann

Schizoid_Mann — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:02:48 +0000

Great article. I'm going through the older posts to see what I've missed. This one got past me somehow.

Yes, the Supernote (or a similar type of equal quality) was also found in HK/Macau being passed by Chinese nationals. There were several arrests made, but I'm not sure of convictions if any. I think deals were made.

The practice of counterfeiting to undermine an economy is an old one. In both WWI and WWII, the Germans had a fairly extensive operation that involved 'moles' to pass the phony British notes throughout Great Britain and her colonies.

There was even a BBC comedy called "Private Schultz" I believe, with the splendid and, sadly, late Ian Richardson as the commanding German officer in charge of the operation. He of course, would go on to do great work as, ironically, the mole Bill Haydon in Le Carre's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the wildly popular F.U. in "House of Cards" and "To Play the King".

By: Operation Smoking Dragon: The North Korean Counterfeiting Case Few Care About | ROK Drop

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:58:46 +0000

[...] The world knows North Korea is a nation that relies upon criminal ventures such as counterfeiting, kidnapping, and drug distribution to maintain its solvency. Some believe the North Koreans are producing the Supernote to undermine our economy. One look at our current economic situation seems to show we don’t need outside help… maybe counterfeiting is no big deal. [Breitbart] [...]

By: Ben Hur

Ben Hur — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:17:55 +0000

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff briefed the president this morning.
He told President Obama that 2 Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq .
To everyone's surprise, all the color drained from Obama's face. Then
he collapsed into his desk chair, head in his hands, visibly shaken, almost
in tears. Finally, as he attempted to compose himself, he
whispered, “Just how many is a brazilian?”
This is not surprising, since he obviously has no understanding of billion or trillion, either.

By: North Korea’s Counterfeit Ops « The Foxhole

North Korea’s Counterfeit Ops « The Foxhole — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:40:11 +0000

[...] http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bhamer/2009/03/18/counterfeit-and-few-seemed-to-care/ [...]

By: Media Mythbusters Blog » Blog Archive » A Story I’ll Bet You’ve Never Heard

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:35:52 +0000

[...] at Big Hollywood, Bob Hamer recounts the story of a counterfeit case he worked as an undercover FBI agent. The case [...]

By: China, North Korea, And Russia Work Together To Monkey With American Economy « Blog Entry « Dr. Melissa Clouthier

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:34:49 +0000

[...] did that grab your attention? Maybe this, from Big Hollywood will, too: According to my Secret Service case agent, this was the first time anyone accused of [...]

By: apotheosis

apotheosis — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:24:30 +0000

We might've outlawed direct political assassinations, but that doesn't mean we're left without recourse.

Wonder what would happen if it turned out some of those printers in NK were also "discovered" to be turning out 200 ILS notes, for example? Or 5000-ruble notes?

By: Hog_Whitman

Hog_Whitman — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:36:04 +0000

Not bad. If we can get the right judge, and he goes for it, you'll get "community service", tops.

That's "community service", not "Community Organizer". Those jobs go for real money.

By: Ken in Irvine

Ken in Irvine — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:25:50 +0000

Andrew's joke was good, but yours was even better!

By: THE UNDERLING

THE UNDERLING — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:28:51 +0000

Real size bill in the picture…the people are the result of typical communist malnutrition.