The One Dollar Counterfeiter | Hacker News

Emerich Juettner, an elderly and impoverished man, printed crude one-dollar bills to survive.

He was arrested, convicted of counterfeiting, and admitted the conduct at trial.

A U.S. judge gave him an unusually light sentence: one year and a day plus a $1 fine.

He was paroled after four months, and the case drew sympathy because of his age and poverty.