This story comes from Fort Worth, Texas. It seems that one Charles Ray Fuller needed a little cash.
The 21-year-old North Texas man was arrested last week for trying to cash a $360 billion check, saying he wanted to start a record business, authorities said. Tellers at the Fort Worth bank were immediately suspicious—perhaps the 10 zeros on a personal check tipped them off, according to investigators.
“Tellers at the Fort Worth bank were immediately suspicious”; good work Fort Worth tellers. And, all you aspiring tellers out there, take note of how these employees picked up on what the industry refers to as, “red flags”.
Red Flag #1: Ten zeros. It’s always a good idea, when you get a check with ten zeros, to run it by a supervisor first. Unless you know the guy pretty well and you think he’s good for it.
Red Flag #2: This guy said he wanted to get in the record business. You should always be suspicious of individuals who put forth such a far fetched notion. And, not just the ones trying to cash checks for hundreds of billions of dollars. If someone is claiming to want to start a record company, their paper should be assumed fraudulent at any amount.
Fuller said his girlfriend’s mother gave him the check to start a record business, but bank employees who contacted the account’s owner said the woman told them she did not give him permission to take or cash the check, according to police.
His girlfriend’s mother!!?? Sounds about right; “My girlfriends mom gave me $360 Billion, can you cash this for me?” And then, the bank employees contact her, just to make sure. Can’t be to safe, you know. Good thing they did that, instead of just handing the money over to ol’ “Charles Ray Fuller, music mogul”.
In addition to forgery, Fuller was charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon and possessing marijuana, Fort Worth police Lt. Paul Henderson said.
Officers reported finding less than 2 ounces of marijuana and a .25- caliber handgun and magazine in his pockets, police said.
Well, yeah…you know they do call it dope for a reason but, there isn’t any weed strong enough to make you that stupid. That’s a special kind of stupid. That’s mindless yob stupid right there.
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Sans Direction wrote,
Y’know, if he just said “I want to get into the record business” these days, that’d be enough to call him a yob. The ten zeros, the going into a bank with pot and a gun, that’s just icing.
And a girlfriend? This guy had the potential for breeding?
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Link | May 2nd, 2008 at 9:08 am
Pribek wrote,
All real good points. I suppose the girlfriend would have automatic yob status as well. And spawn of yob….scary stuff
Link | May 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 am
J wrote,
Heck, if he really wanted to be in the record business all he needed was a stack of vistaprint business cards, a Myspace account, and the weed. Poor yob!
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Link | May 2nd, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Yep, Texas is wasted on Texians, for sure.
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Link | May 2nd, 2008 at 4:18 pm