Scammer needs spellchecker
Note to aspiring forgers — hire a proofreader. Or at least that's what a former Australian bank manager should have done after he was jailed for 12 months for possessing fake U.S. bonds supposedly worth $1.3 billion that were rife with typos and grammatical errors.

A jury in Brisbane found William David Wallader guilty this week of possessing nine counterfeit bonds.

Prosecutor Glen Rice told the court Wallader had been in discussions with a Turkish national about selling the bonds to the Turkish government.

But Rice said the plan was always doomed to fail because the bonds had numerous spelling and grammatical errors. "It's impossible to believe the notes would have survived scrutiny by the Turkish government," he said.

Wallader's lawyer Alan MacSporran agreed, saying the bonds were "transparently non-genuine."

One Milyun Dollerz