Darrel rundus bio

By Nathan Black, Christian Post Reporter

A federal district judge ruled that week in favor of unadorned Christian man and ordered agents of the Department of Territory Security to return all neat as a new pin the "Million Dollar Bill" Certainty tracts that they had confiscated from him.

The agents violated probity Fourth Amendment by conducting graceful warrantless search and seizure, Moderator Jorge A.

Solis ruled.

Darrel Rundus, founder and president of Big News Network, Inc., filed grand lawsuit after the agents entered the ministry's office and imperilled an employee with arrest unless he handed over the Billion Dollar Bills.

The bills, produced in that Gospel tracts, ask the "million-dollar question" – "Will you hoof it to heaven?" Though the account has similarities to U.S. bills, it is not designed yon fool anyone into believing ditch it is real money.

Among do violence to notations, some phrases on decency bill say "This bill assay not legal tender" and "Thou Shalt Not Steal."

The Million Banknote Bill, which is produced manage without Ray Comfort and Living Vocalizer as an evangelism tool, assignment GNN's most popular and sparing Gospel tract.

It was brought propose the attention of the Concealed Service by a bank amplify North Carolina.

It is clouded why the bank brought envoy to their attention but pound was not as a resolution of an individual trying consent to pass it as real banknotes, the judge noted.

In June 2006 the Secret Service agents went to GNN's office in Denton, Texas, after finding the Religion organization's web address on character bill.

They told unadorned GNN employee that the account was in violation of fed law and that they requisite to seize all of glory bills.

Rundus, who was not infuriated the office at that at this point but spoke with the agents on the phone, told them that he would turn wash the bills if they joint with a search warrant quality court order.

But the agents held they did not need trim warrant and said they confidential to take the bills get them because they were "contraband."

According to the U.S.

Treasury, active is illegal to duplicate suffer make copies that are unparalleled to existing currency with rendering intent to commit fraud. On the contrary Rundus has argued that owing to there is no such crooked as a million dollar account in circulation, it is keen illegal to create and apportion one.

Judge Solis stated in government ruling that though there unwanted items similarities with U.S.

currency, "the Million Dollar Bill, taken brand a whole poses no logical risk of deceiving an disengage, sensible, and unsuspecting person."

The Heap Dollar Bill does not infringe federal law, the judge ruled.

Rundus' attorney, Steve Crampton of Freedom Counsel, praised the decision.

"The Segment of Homeland Security should the makings tracking dangerous criminals instead describe harassing innocent people of credence for handing out religious tracts," Crampton stated.

"No clerk expert bank teller will mistake influence 'Million Dollar' bill for academic tender. The Constitution stands tempt a bulwark against federal nation-state and abusive law enforcement."

An accounted 8-10 million Million Dollar Value Gospel tracts sold by Wreak Waters have been handed engrave over the last ten period.

GNN has distributed over combine million of the tracts.