An underground counterfeiting operation appears to continue with $100 'supernote' bills popping up worldwide, while questions remain about possible North Korean ties to the phony bills.
The 'supernote' appears to be made from the same cotton and linen mix that distinguishes U.S. currency from other currency. It even has watermarks visible from the other side of the bill, colored microfibers woven into the substrate of the banknote and an embedded strip, barely visible, that reads USA 100 and glows red under ultraviolet light.
The secret operation, stumping officials worldwide, could be the "most sophisticated counterfeiting operation in the world," former congressman James Kolbe told McClatchy Newspapers.
"We are not certain as to how this is being done or how it's happening," Kolbe said.
The supernotes could be made by someone who has access to government printing equipment, said Thomas Ferguson, former director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing."
Shhh...listen up...
What can be made, can be re-made. Stop listening to the "experts" who claim otherwise. All you can ever do is make counterfeiting more difficult, but it will never, ever, be stopped. Organized crime...and yes, that includes Russia and the Norks as well as the usual suspects...has an awful lot of disposable income and income purchases advanced technology. Rumor has it that one way to tell a phony C-Note is the fact that the engraving is better.
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