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Art Williams (counterfeiter)
Arthur J. "Art" Williams Jr. is an American-born artist and former counterfeiter, who counterfeited the 1996 hundred dollar bill, and was subject of the book ''The Art of Making Money'' by Jason Kersten. His notoriety came as being the first to break all the security features within the 1996-issued United States one hundred-dollar bill, $100 bill. Williams would serve twelve years in various prisons throughout his life. Biography Early life Williams was born in 1972. His family was constantly moving around the country before his fraudster father abandoned them in Illinois when Williams was 11. The family then relocated to a housing project in Bridgeport, Chicago. Williams was taught how to counterfeit at the age of 15. As a teenager, he had a child, Art Williams III. Counterfeiting In 1996, the U.S. Treasury had made a focused effort to stop counterfeiting by releasing new bills. The first to be released was the $100 note, which Williams studied extensively in order to co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
