Mr 880 Emerich Juettner

Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 4 p.m.

One of the Secret Services largest an most expensive hunts for a counterfeiter spanned a decade and took place in New York City. The secret Service exhausted all their resources to hunt down a man counterfeiting one dollar bills. The man was able to avoid capture for ten years and so the Secret Service dub the man Mr. 880 after his case file.

One day with a lucky break and the held of some young kids. The Secret Service found Mr. 880, it was 70 year old immigrant Emerich Juettner. Listen to the episode to hear how he pulled off his crimes and how he inspired a film about his life that would win an Academy award.