Counterfeiter

Wesley Weber: Counterfeiter

Before Viewing: 1.

What would you do if you received a counterfeit bill?

2. What is the Bank of Canada’s role in preventing counterfeiting?

3. What do you think would happen if you used a colour photocopier to reproduce a $20 bill, showed it to several people for fun, and then destroyed it? Are there any repercussions of doing this?

While Viewing: 1. What is the “absolute addiction” according to Wesley Weber?

2. How much money did Wesley Weber counterfeit?

3. Trace Wesley Weber’s criminal career.

4. How did he run his counterfeiting operation?

5. How did the RCMP hurt his operation?

6. How much did distributors pay for each counterfeit $100?

7. What was Wesley Weber’s sentence?

After Viewing: 1.

What effect did Wesley Weber have on Canadians?

2. Do you think he will return to his criminal ways?