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Former Special Agent Reviews Counterfeit Money in TV & Film | Vanity Fair

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4 years ago

April 12, 2022

“What a lot of people don’t realize is that the Secret Service was formed in 1865 with the primary mission of suppressing counterfeit currency.” Former Special Agent Jonathan Wackrow spent 14 years in the Secret Service. Watch as he fact checks counterfeit money scenes from movies and television, including ‘To Live and Die in LA,’ ‘Deadly Transaction,’ ‘Catch Me If You Can,’ ‘Money Heist,’ ‘Rush Hour 2’ and ‘Lethal Weapon 4.’

00:00 Intro
00:54 To Live and Die in LA
03:04 Deadly Transaction
05:57 Catch Me If You Can
08:13 Money Heist
09:52 Rush Hour 2
11:26 Lethal Weapon 4

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12 Comments

Ben Henderson

April 12, 2022 at 4:07 pm

That’s Wack Bro

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Ganiscol

April 12, 2022 at 4:24 pm

Clear, precise and “just the facts, ma’am” – This gentleman knows the business and how to talk about it. ????

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Max Spechter

April 12, 2022 at 4:42 pm

So my takeaway is that there’s still hella lot fake money in circulation even if you can detect it

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James Markley

April 12, 2022 at 5:04 pm

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- Betty Good
  
  April 12, 2022 at 5:37 pm
  
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- Pamela Anderson
  
  April 12, 2022 at 5:42 pm
  
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- Bicky Bickford
  
  April 12, 2022 at 7:17 pm
  
  @Luca Lambert just buy bitcoin a little every month and don’t use it in 10 years you’ll do well
  
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alloutofnothingatall

April 12, 2022 at 5:19 pm

vanity fair is wack for including catch me if you can. book just came out last year detailing that he didn’t really do most of the things he claimed to do.

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- b3z3jm3nny
  
  April 12, 2022 at 5:56 pm
  
  I mean the movie is still the movie lol, the rest of them are fictional
  
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- Orion h
  
  April 12, 2022 at 7:13 pm
  
  Reality of a movie doesnt make it any less or enjoyable
  
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PM

April 12, 2022 at 5:28 pm

He seems real fun at parties.

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Ronald Lee

April 12, 2022 at 6:16 pm

The Untouchables, Black Rain & etc?

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