Counterfeiting is a skill that requires extreme perfectionism, technical knowledge, and the ability to adapt to new security features to successfully pass as legal tender.

“So with the money, man, you know, when we when we decided to start spending it, the first thing was just like, okay, let's just kind of hit and miss, see where we're at, you know, and then it got really intense where we were just we old Rand McN Ran, you know, and driving to different towns, finding”

He believes that because his counterfeit bills successfully passed all standard security checks like pens, watermarks, and blacklights, they were indistinguishable from real currency to the public.

“I knew like with all those features beat you know there's really no way that anyone could prove that these bills were fake if they even suspected it you know what i mean because it marks with the pen it's got the strip and the watermark in it color shifting ink it glows in the back light”

Christian Brown believes that counterfeiting using offset presses is the most effective method, although he personally utilized a DIY approach with high-end printers and specific paper types.

“what's so funny is like you know they actually he actually at some point it gets like stolen and so he goes back to the counterfeit and he's like where's the other note and he's like what are you talking about he's like you you lost the note oh he's like no no he's like where is he at”

He acknowledges that his unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted CDs and DVDs was illegal but highlights the financial necessity that originally drove him to it.

“I know I was wrong I know I was doing something illegal but why did it seem like everybody from the detectives to the DA to the judge had something personal against me for DVDs”

Daniel Raphael claims that selling counterfeit goods is a viable business strategy and justified his actions by stating he never intended to harm others while taking care of those he worked with.

“I did some shady stuff yeah did I heard anybody no I took care of a lot of people in that time you know and I think I always did the right thing”