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Ellipsis

(9,422 posts)
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 08:47 PM Dec 26

Person arrested in Mount Horeb after using fraudulent $100 bill with Trump's face on it

They're going to prosecute... Happy Holidays.

Full Article below.

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - One person was arrested in Mount Horeb after using a fraudulent $100 bill at a Kwik Trip.

The Mount Horeb Police Department said the call came in on Tuesday, when staff reported a customer using a fake bill.

The bill looked realistic, officials said, with realistic size and appearance including the 3D blue security ribbon and holograms. The tell, however, was that the bill had an image of Donald Trump on it instead of Benjamin Franklin.

Officials said that the fake bill was mixed amongst regular bills.

After reviewing body camera footage and confirming the Kwik Trip requested to press charges, the suspect was arrested for forgery and booked into the Dane County Jail.

https://www.wmtv15news.com/2025/12/26/person-arrested-mount-horeb-after-using-fraudulent-100-bill-with-trumps-face-it/

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Person arrested in Mount Horeb after using fraudulent $100 bill with Trump's face on it (Original Post) Ellipsis Dec 26 OP
lol dweller Dec 26 #1
Wow... 2naSalit Dec 26 #2
Epic Systems changed their world. Verona too. Ellipsis Dec 26 #4
I'm almost afraid to ask... 2naSalit Dec 26 #5
Health Care software found in 1979 in Madison, moved corporate headquarters to Verona. 14,000 employees. Ellipsis Dec 26 #11
Ah yes... 2naSalit Dec 26 #13
Good! sheshe2 Dec 26 #3
Let me guess. The asshat who passed the bill claimed Dr. T Dec 26 #6
I have known the guy for 40 years and I have a hard time believing it was intentional. yourout Dec 26 #7
If you know him, sounds like it might have been a mistake. haele Dec 26 #9
You do? Small world. I thought he gave it as a joke. I'm sorry to hear that then. Ellipsis Dec 26 #15
Who gives a shit? Aristus Dec 26 #24
i googled to find another article with more info orleans Dec 27 #25
It's a sad situation. He really went through hell in Vietnam yourout Dec 27 #26
If that is the case orangecrush Dec 27 #30
Mens rea. flvegan Dec 27 #28
Let me guess, he paid $125 for it from some *rump Fundraiser email. haele Dec 26 #8
It might be legal tender by now -- #rump can do whatever he wants with an executive order William Seger Dec 26 #23
I rarely come across hundred dollar bills IronLionZion Dec 26 #10
It's a cult sakabatou Dec 26 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author COL Mustard Dec 26 #14
Off brand Monopoly money AdamGG Dec 26 #16
But most importantly does he have to give back his Kwik Rewards points? nt moniss Dec 26 #17
LOL Ellipsis Dec 26 #20
Has Trump pardoned him yet? Orrex Dec 26 #18
Best story all day! Maru Kitteh Dec 26 #19
Well, the Trumpie should have known! Billionaires get to be lawless and GOP presidents, too! But not him...n/t PatrickforB Dec 26 #21
Idiot savant -- a genius engraver, but not too bright (nt) William Seger Dec 26 #22
Earlier this year I believe it was Joe Wilson of Texas Coldwater Dec 27 #27
The story just seems sad. GoneOffShore Dec 27 #29

2naSalit

(100,083 posts)
2. Wow...
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:11 PM
Dec 26

I lived in that little town for a few years a long time ago. Before the bypass was built.

2naSalit

(100,083 posts)
5. I'm almost afraid to ask...
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:22 PM
Dec 26

I haven't been back through there since before 1985.

I guess an electronics something or other business moved in and took over?

Ellipsis

(9,422 posts)
11. Health Care software found in 1979 in Madison, moved corporate headquarters to Verona. 14,000 employees.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:42 PM
Dec 26

Epic Systems dominates the U.S. hospital Electronic Health Record (EHR) market, holding roughly 38-42% market share.

You wouldn't recognize the east side. The downtown is still the same.

2naSalit

(100,083 posts)
13. Ah yes...
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:57 PM
Dec 26

I remember them now. Geeze Verona and Mt Horeb were such sleepy towns, but they were also economic black holes in the early 80s I can see where it had its benefits.

Dr. T

(514 posts)
6. Let me guess. The asshat who passed the bill claimed
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:10 PM
Dec 26

to be sovereign and therefore not subject to United States laws.

yourout

(8,724 posts)
7. I have known the guy for 40 years and I have a hard time believing it was intentional.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:17 PM
Dec 26

Yes he is a righty but intentionally counterfeiting I have a hard time believing.
He lost his wife a few years back and his health is not great.
He is a Vietnam vet and was wounded 5 times.
He has enough money and property and it would be really really out of character.

haele

(15,090 posts)
9. If you know him, sounds like it might have been a mistake.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:26 PM
Dec 26

Vietnam Vets can be anywhere from 68 to 85 years old, and pretty wore out by now. If he got caught in the Trump cult, he could easily have to gotten ahold of one of the more realistic fake $100s, and didn't recognize it as a fake when he gathered cash to o go shopping.

Ellipsis

(9,422 posts)
15. You do? Small world. I thought he gave it as a joke. I'm sorry to hear that then.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:04 PM
Dec 26

I heard it on Wisconsin Public Radio on the drive home.

This will come back to bite Kwik Trip in the ass.

Aristus

(71,671 posts)
24. Who gives a shit?
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:54 PM
Dec 26

He decided that any bill with Fuckbrain’s ugly mug on it was legal tender. I hope they throw the book at him.

Being a Vietnam veteran doesn’t indemnify one against ideologically driven dickshittery.

orleans

(36,676 posts)
25. i googled to find another article with more info
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 12:22 AM
Dec 27

and this mentioned several other things including his friend saying he had post it notes around the house to help him remember what he was supposed to be doing.
"Family friend Robyn Booth said Smith was dealing with a staph infection and was preparing for a fourth knee surgery."

he was arrested at his house, cops wouldn't let him take his meds before he left, and the oven was left on.

"Booth said the novelty bill was accidentally mixed in with Smith’s real money.

“It was mixed in with his other bills, and he doesn't even know how it got into his wallet, which makes sense, because he's not thinking straight,” Booth said.

https://www.wkow.com/news/mount-horeb-veteran-released-after-spending-christmas-in-jail-over-novelty-100-bill/article_b1a6b43e-f56c-4726-a4f5-3c340a6a6c31.html

he was in jail for three days and doesn't sound like he's doing too good

so now i'm wondering where that "novelty" bill came from.
was trump team selling that crap, making them look as real as possible while still putting trump's pic on it? or was someone just turning them out without a trump connection?
from the op article "The bill looked realistic, officials said, with realistic size and appearance including the 3D blue security ribbon and holograms. "

if it really was meant to be a novelty bill why would they need to bother with a 3D blue security ribbon & holograms? if trump team was hawking these things i think THEY should be charged with forgery!

yourout

(8,724 posts)
26. It's a sad situation. He really went through hell in Vietnam
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 12:42 AM
Dec 27

If I remember right he was injured in 1969 or 1970 when he was 19 years old time I believe.
They got ambushed and every time he moved for an hour they put another bullet in him.
Got hit in the forearm and the upper arm and down one hip and another one near his spine.

haele

(15,090 posts)
8. Let me guess, he paid $125 for it from some *rump Fundraiser email.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:21 PM
Dec 26

And thought it was actual legal tender, now that *rump is Prez.

William Seger

(12,217 posts)
23. It might be legal tender by now -- #rump can do whatever he wants with an executive order
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:44 PM
Dec 26

... and neither Congress nor the Supreme Court will stop him.

IronLionZion

(50,831 posts)
10. I rarely come across hundred dollar bills
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:32 PM
Dec 26

but know Benjamin Franklin is on it from rap songs.

sakabatou

(45,782 posts)
12. It's a cult
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:45 PM
Dec 26

One where you're either gobbling Dump's BS, or rich enough to get even more money from the suckers.

Response to Ellipsis (Original post)

AdamGG

(1,862 posts)
16. Off brand Monopoly money
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:07 PM
Dec 26

Last edited Sat Dec 27, 2025, 08:41 PM - Edit history (1)

As maybe a psychotic version of Uncle Pennybags. Wasn't there a Trump board game that went bankrupt like all his other ventures?

PatrickforB

(15,347 posts)
21. Well, the Trumpie should have known! Billionaires get to be lawless and GOP presidents, too! But not him...n/t
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:35 PM
Dec 26

Coldwater

(957 posts)
27. Earlier this year I believe it was Joe Wilson of Texas
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 01:14 AM
Dec 27

who wanted to introduce legislation to have trump's face on the $100 dollar bill

When that failed, he proposed trump on the $250 dollar bill, ...lol..

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