The counterfeiting of money is one of the oldest crimes in history according to the United States Secret Service. During the 19th century individual banks were responsible for printing their own money so it was hard to authenticate bills because of lack of consistency. Around that time it was estimated that one-third of all American ...
The US Secret Service is warning businesses and residents in the state of Hawaii about $100 counterfeit bills that look and feel like the real thing, but are actually completely fake. Recently, gangs in Los Angeles, California have been charged with counterfeiting over $4 million in fake cash, and some of that money is turning ...
Beginnings When President Abraham Lincoln first allowed for the creation of the United States Secret Service, he was not interested in his own protection. The problem he was interested in correcting was that of counterfeiting. During his administration over 1/3 of the nation’s currency was counterfeit. It would be the chief job of this newly ...
The first government-owned car for use by a President of the United States was a white Stanley Steamer that Theodore Roosevelt delighted in taking the wheel of himself. It was open, had no armor, no bulletproof glass, or other safety amenities, and was truly a ‘stock’ car. It didn’t even have a Secret Service code ...
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