I used to work for VidCon. Not just as a volunteer, I was on staff year
round, and during the event I was one of only like a dozen people to have the rarest, most
powerful, executive staff black badge. When you're at VidCon with a black badge,
YOU ARE A GOD. All of the security has to listen to you. All of the special guests have to do what
you say. Only you have to power to say "they're with
me" and get anyone into any party. It's The. Best. Of course the price you pay for that power
is not having time to even sleep for an entire week as you run around putting out fires and
making sure that everyone else is having fun. At my first VidCon, I was in charge of registration,
so I spent most of my time front and center in the lobby. I was one of the only black badges that was
in one place for more than like 10 seconds at a time, so when security saw someone with
a counterfeit badge, they confiscated it, and brought it to me. Time to put those black badge powers to work. Attention all security be on the lookout for
uh... counterfeit badges, we got cheap laminated photocopies in the wild, please confiscate
immediately... over! And then as if I had announced a free ice
cream giveaway for anyone wearing a security uniform, the sky blackened with guards bringing
me counterfeit badges. By which I mean like four guards walked over
and handed me some counterfeits, but they were big dudes. It was scary. So I had this pile of fakes, and I began some
detective work. At this point, I don't have much information
to go on. This line of work will chew you up and spit
you out if you let it. Curious, several of the counterfeits look
identical. Clearly made by the same person. A dangerous madman was on the loose, and it
was up to me to stop him. I had my wife to think about, but she knows
the dangers that come with the badge. Just kidding, I'm single. Eventually, security escorted two girls over
to me who had counterfeits matching the others. I told them they weren't in trouble, I just
wanted to find out where the fakes were coming from. Um, we found them? DON'T LIE TO ME, WHERE ARE THE OTHERS!? And they must have been terrified that I transformed
into Batman before their very eyes because they start describing the guy who sold them
the badges. He has red hair, he's going bald, he has a
gray backpack, and wouldn't you know it, someone matching that description starts coming down
the escalator behind them! So I go, "Mmm, that guy?" And, dear viewer, you'll never guess what
their answer was. "Yup" "GO GO GO" Security swarms the bottom of the
escalator, every one is yelling conflicting orders. "Stay there! Follow Me! Sit down! Stand up!" It's a total mess. So I wade into this mosh pit at the bottom
of the escalator and yell "Everyone SHUT UP" *crickets* I stared deep into that dirt bag's tattered
soul. He thought he could get away with it. Not today pal. Not today. "Sir, on these premises your bag is subject
to search, I'm gonna have you sit over there, and we're going to search your bag." So he followed me back to the registration
booth, and I opened his bag to find quite the stack of counterfeit badges. We called the police to deal with him and
he was arrested on felony counterfeiting charges. I caught a felon! The streets were safe, for now. As for the girls who had just been scammed
out of 200 bucks, we gave them a couple of real badges for helping us catch the guy. I don't really know if there's a moral to
this story. But maybe it's don't counterfeit, because
you will go to prison.
I mean no. He ruined his own life by risking it, it’s not legal and this video is not cringe
Guy bragged about getting someone arrested for committing fraud. Seems reasonable to brag about that.
Definitely not cringe. Dude fucked himself over selling people fake shit, lol. Play stupid games and win stupid prizes.
not cringe, don't fucking counterfeit lol
This guy was literally just doing his job. Probably had no idea that the counterfeiter would catch a felony (and he most likely will plead it down to a misdemeanor anyway).
And it was actually enjoyable to watch