The Last Counterfeiter

The true story of the mastermind counterfeiter who forged millions, replicated the impossible 1996 note, dodged the Secret Service, and healed his broken family.



When Art

Williams Jr.'s father abandoned the family and his bipolar mother lost her

mind, a life of crime in Chicago quickly claimed him. Parking meter theft led

to robbing drug dealers before Art fatefully met a man nicknamed DaVinci who taught

him the skill of counterfeiting money. After just a few years, Art would print

millions of counterfeit bills, selling them to criminal organizations, all

while trying to raise a family on the side.

Art's

greatest challenge arose when the Treasury Department released the 1996 note,

the most intricate and secure bill ever created. Between painstakingly

perfecting a new hundred-dollar bill to bypass the naked eye and security

measures alike, Art was slipping by the Secret Service hunting him, and searching

for his long-lost father, a path that ultimately led to his undoing.



Prison may

have been the end, especially as Art Jr. found himself behind bars sharing a

cell with his own son, but with the same creativity and ambition that locked

him up, Art reinvented himself as a professional artist. Art's unbelievable

journey extends beyond a life of crime to one of second chances, healing family

wounds, and ultimately, triumph.

Fans of Catch Me If You Can and The Art Thief won't want to miss this unforgettable caper story.