A US bank teller had a million reasons to say no.
Police say Alexander D. Smith tried to open an account with a US$1 million bill (NT$32,300,000) late last month. But there is no such thing as a million dollar bill. The teller refused and called police while Smith started to say bad words to the bank workers, said Lt. Michael Frank, a police officer.
Smith, 31, was charged with causing problems in public. He was also charged with forgery , twice, Frank said.
The other instance of forgery happened earlier. Police say that Smith bought cigarettes from a nearby grocery store with a stolen check.
Smith was being held at the Aiken County jail last week, and bail was set at US$257 (NT$8,300). It's not known if Smith has any more million dollar bills that he can try to use to paybail.(Staff Writer, with AP)
美國一位銀行櫃員有一百萬個拒絕的理由。
警方表示，一個名叫亞歷山大D.史密斯的男子上個月底拿了一張面額一百萬美元（新台幣三千兩百三十萬元）的鈔票到銀行開戶存款，但是美國根本沒有百萬美鈔這種東西。警局副隊長麥可．法蘭克說，櫃員拒收並打電話叫了警察，史密斯竟開始大罵銀行行員。
法蘭克說，三十一歲的史密斯以擾亂公共秩序被起訴，他也被控使用偽鈔兩次。
警方說，另一次行使偽造貨幣的情況發生在稍早，史密斯用一張偷來的支票在附近的雜貨店買煙。
史密斯上週已被關進艾肯郡監獄，需要兩百五十七美元（新台幣八千三百元）的保釋金才能交保，不知道他還有沒有百萬面額美鈔可以拿來支付保釋金。
（美聯社／翻譯：袁星塵）
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