Meet Charles Ray Fuller, 21, of Crowley, TX. He was arrested on April 22 after allegedly trying to pass a check for $360 billion at a Forth Worth Chase bank.
The resulting news story has what may be the greatest sentence ever written:
The personal check was not made out to Mr. Fuller and when the bank contacted the check owner, the woman said she did not write a check for $360 billion.
Really? She didn’t? You’ll be shocked to hear that Mr. Fuller was also charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon and possession of marijuana. When asked why he was tying to cash a check for such a large amount, Fuller told police that the check “was given to him by his girlfriend’s mother to start a record business.” No word on whether Mr. Fuller and his girlfriend are still dating.
Man accused of trying to cash check for $360,000,000,000 [Dallas Morning News]
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@homerjay:
If you’re serious, I’ll take that bet. Even money then?
@CaliforniaCajun: Actually I’m not sure why those are there, but those are for the DISD (as the filename would indicated). That’s for the Dallas Independent School District. I’m *guessing* it’s related to a story they did, and some SysAdmin may still lose his job, but it isn’t their stuff.
To all the twats trying to turn this into a racist issue – You’re as stupid as the guy in the above photo. Congrats.
@chartrule: Learn to sarcasm.
Every day I read the consumerist and there is a post by HomerJay with some witty sarcastic remark and every day there are about 2-5 people that respond as if he were serious. My favorites are the ones that post after someone or multiple someones has stated it is obvious sarcasm but they couldn’t take the time to read the whole thread before they jumped to the bottom and just had to post. Keep doing what your doing homer it’s one of the best parts of my day.
@chartrule: @Papa Midnight: @stinerman:
I’m embarrassed for all of you.
@CaliforniaCajun: OMG!!! You’re not kidding!!!
I honestly can’t read the headline without laughing.
What a colossal dumb-ass!
I agree that the dude probably doesn’t have the faintest idea how much 360 billion is.
@CaliforniaCajun: Wow, the Dallas Morning News spends a LOT of money on leadership training.
@BillyMumphry: The bank never knew about the pistol or he’d have been charged with illegal _use_, not illegal _carry_. BTW, I checked four online stories and never did the word “pistol” appear.
None of the stories show him becoming abusive or threatening. None of them say he refused to leave.
Sorry, based on the reportage, i still don’t see any justification for calling the police.
No matter what color you are or how professional you look, I’m pretty sure there isn’t a bank in the States that could or would ‘cash’ a check for 360 BILLION dollars. Banks do not keep anything close to that much cash on hand.
Don’t make this into a racial debate, because in reality it’s just about one stupid person.
I just got a response from DallasNews.com the spreadsheets are for a DISD wrongful spending investigative report. They were intentionally out on the web – to show them for public record.
No Sys Admins going down for it =)
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for the picture of the check
betatron: you don’t see it because you’re a goofball. The guy attempted to commit fraud. He attempted to pass a stolen check.
Hey,at least this proves that he’s smart enough to run for president….
@Angryrider: If she had indeed written the check, they would have charged her with something too.
dumb people make me feel smart:).
@CaliforniaCajun: I feel really bad for the guy who is responsible… my boss is really into client confidentiality so I am afraid to think of what he would do if that was me!
@katylostherart:
LOL!!! Wow, I can’t believe he tried this. What an idiot, and he looks doped up like hell. Man, that is just hilarious… It is also funnier that he denies trying to cash the check, I bet his girlfriend feels really stupid now…
Comment on Man Arrested For Trying To Pass A $360 Billion Check I am sure it is all just a misunderstanding! He looks innocent to
me!!!!
@CaliforniaCajun
Unless they spend $300 million in July 2007 those aren’t their checks. It looks like a list of payments made by a school district as their are a lot ofteaching conferences and books and such.
@CaliforniaCajun: I went to the dallasnews.com website and searched “360 check” … you can STILL pull up spreadsheets with check amounts, account numbers, and vendor names…
OMG!
I wonder what is label would have been called? This arrest will make an excellent rap song.
Now that is how you break up with someone…
@Derp: The MSNBC story says it was “Fulla Comp and Entertainment”
As for this idiot….
FOOL.
@katylostherart: I love this line from the story the most:
“Laird said if her family had $360 billion, “I wouldn’t be sitting here. I’d be somewhere drinking margaritas. It’s five o’clock somewhere, sometime.”"
@Juggernaut: That story had a picture of the abandoned building they stopped building halfway through a few years ago in it. It sat there for about a year unfinished. They just finsihed it a few months ago, but after all the wood being exposed to the raw elements, I wouldn’t want to rent there.
i’m amazed that guy thought the bank kept that much cash available. Did he call ahead to make sure they had enough twenties?
@StellaSquash: It was a weekend and there was a heavyweight fight going on. He saw Oceans 11, so he knew the score.
Serpephone: Wow. Two FAILs in one article.
Anyone find anything juicy in the Dallas School District spending yet? Like money for field trips to the creationist museum or 100 copies of Expelled or something like that?
All the sudden this isnt such a crazy number….