In Small Bills, Please
I really don’t have much to add to this story to make it funnier; though I am curious if he wrote a check for his bail.
FORT WORTH, Texas - Charles Ray Fuller must have been planning one big record company. The 21-year-old North Texas man was arrested last week for trying to cash a $360 billion check, saying he wanted to start a record business. Tellers at the Fort Worth bank were immediately suspicious — perhaps the 10 zeros on a personal check tipped them off.
Fuller, of suburban Crowley, was arrested on a forgery charge. He was released after posting $3,750 bail.
Fuller said his girlfriend’s mother gave him the check to start a record business. But bank employees who contacted the account’s owner said the woman told them she did not give him permission to take or cash the check.
In addition to the forgery count, Fuller was charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon and possessing marijuana. Officers reported finding less than two ounces of marijuana and a .25-caliber handgun and magazine in his pockets.
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May 6th, 2008 at 1:50 am
It makes you wonder how many more dumb people are out there. Just think, this guy can vote…
May 6th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
It’s amazing to me that given all of the technology law enforcement has for tracking this stuff, that people are still stupid enough to try to pull these lamebrain stunts off…maybe he should watch Oceans 11…at least that was clever. What a Knit Wit!
May 7th, 2008 at 2:15 am
I have no comment to make on the fact that the guy was from Texas… oops! I think I’ve said too much!
May 7th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Sure I write checks every day for that amount
Just imagine carrying around that money, even if it was in $10k notes !
May 8th, 2008 at 5:48 am
Let’s put this in perspective on $360 billion dollars… The market capitalization of GOOGLE is $181 billion. This means that this “record company” he wanted to start would be twice the worth of Google!
May 8th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Hehehe…cashing out the $360 billion??? Whoa! I never imagined that it is possible. Perhaps the guy is just clueless about the real value of money…or maybe he is just trying if his idea will work…or maybe he is completely out of his mind
…but he is scary knowing that he is carrying a .25-caliber handgun and magazine in his pockets.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
That’s what marijuana can do to people. That guy is a real joke. You can’t get even $360k in cash without prior arrangements and large sums generally do not move in cash. That’s the dummiest forgery I have heard of.
May 8th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
The man’s thinking is abnormal and his action is so stupid. VideoNik, you are right. Marijuana drove him crazy.
May 8th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Makes for a good laugh. He must of smoked some pretty good stuff to think he could EVEN try to cash a check that big. With a hand gun its strange he’s bail was so small, but then again you are in Texas.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:49 am
Funny story, they don’t come much more stupid than that.
May 9th, 2008 at 5:13 am
Aim can change the behavior’s of a man.Charles Ray Fuller is such a example of this.His aim of planning one big record company make his change.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Wow. That guy is not smart at all. And way to blame his gf’s mother…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
That guy is a real joke. You can’t get even $360k in cash without prior arrangements and large sums generally do not move in cash. That’s the dummiest forgery I have heard of.
May 13th, 2008 at 3:00 am
OMG! What an idiot. I don’t care how much pot you smoke, how stupid can one be.
May 13th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Well go big or go home. Better than him getting arrested for trying to cash a dollar check.
-Sammy
May 15th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
haha thats an expensive joke he played… im sure he leanrned his lesson
-Johnny
May 16th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
A really funny story. @.@ Anyway who’s account have $360 bil in the first place to withdraw?
June 1st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
mommy, I see dumb people. They are every where. It scary if you think about it.
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:06 am
Ok, I am from Texas and so this was a scream for me. Seriously, is this guy a democrat?
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:27 pm
so sad for him but he should be in jail because of what he did. We should learned from his experience. Marijuana can’t do good in our lives.
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Very true! he deserve it.