Frank Bourassa counterfeited and sold $250 million in fake US currency until he was nabbed in an undercover operation. Now he runs a security company and works with the police to catch other counterfeiters.
What We Discuss with Frank Bourassa:
How someone creates a quarter of a billion dollars in American $20 bills that not only look genuine, but feel genuine even to experts.
The hours of research that Frank spent learning how to create counterfeit money that would pass most muster without immediately going to jail on his first attempt.
The catalyst that drove Frank to pursue a life of crime in the first place (and has probably tempted most of us to consider it from time to time).
It takes money to make money: Frank reveals the startup fees that went into his operation to literally print the perfect $20 bills en masse.
How much labor actually goes into a counterfeiting project at this scale -- once you find a crew you think you can trust.