Counterfeiter caught selling to Detroit's "American Jewelry and Loan," pawn shop of "Hardcore Pawn"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Counterfeiter caught selling to Detroit's famous "American Jewelry and Loan," pawn shop of 'Hardcore Pawn'
Secret Service catches counterfeiter thanks to his trip to American Jewelry and Loan in Detroit

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/Counterfeiter-caught-selling-to-famous-Detroit-pawn-shop-of-Hardcore-Pawn/-/1719418/13023264/-/3tlqvdz/-/index.html



Kenny "Boom" Smith was busted by the U.S. Secret Service for making and passing counterfeit money. Smith must have thought his funny money skills are pretty good because he attempted to sell both his counterfeit cash and his counterfeiting machine to a pawn shop. Not just any pawn shop, either.

So Gold didn’t bat an eyelash when Smith showed up and wanted to sell him his counterfeit money and machine. He wanted to be on the show. Smith told Gold he would bring his counterfeiting equipment to the store. A short time later the Secret Service showed up at American Jewelry and Loan. They had been tracing Smith's activities since he had been passing his fake bills.

Gold filled them in on what Smith had told him and the agents found out Smith's counterfeiting claims had been captured on camera for the show.

So now, Smith has been busted by the Secret Service and charged in federal court. This isn’t his first counterfeiting case either. He has done a stint in prison for the same thing and if convicted he is going back again.

[rbixby]

1. Apparently he failed the intelligence test

You might be able to find a pawn shop to launder your counterfeit money, but its probably best to find one that's not on a national tv show.

[LadyHawkAZ]

2. For this episode, I may turn off the iPod

and not actively ignore the TV for a few minutes.