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Tue Nov 27, 11:25 PM ET
A bank teller in Clearwater had a million reasons not to open an account for an
Augusta, Ga., man Monday, authorities said. Alexander D. Smith, 31, was charged
with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery after he walked into the bank
and tried to open an account by depositing a fake $1 million bill, said Aiken
County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank.
The employee refused to open the account and called police while the man
started to curse at bank workers, Frank said.
The second forgery charge came after investigators learned Smith bought several
cartons of cigarettes from a nearby grocery store with a stolen check, Frank
said.
The federal government has never printed a million-dollar bill, Frank said.