Fake Canadian Money.
Sep. 4th, 2004 12:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swestrupHere's an interview with the guy responsible* for businesses no longer accepting $100 bills in Canada. He was the guy behind the counterfeiting wave that introduced all the funny money into Canada recently.
* If you accept that the government isn't at least partly to blame. Some folks will say that anyone producing a currency should guarantee that its accepted, by insuring the businesses against fraud. Of course, that may require the businesses to show 'due caution', which is probably not worth it to most businesses. Its a complex subject.
* If you accept that the government isn't at least partly to blame. Some folks will say that anyone producing a currency should guarantee that its accepted, by insuring the businesses against fraud. Of course, that may require the businesses to show 'due caution', which is probably not worth it to most businesses. Its a complex subject.
