Federal prison incarceration

Arthur Williams Jr.Former American counterfeiter known for replicating the 1996 $100 bill, now a visual artist

• Williams says roughly 78 percent of people released from prison return, and that his own trajectory is unusual.

  “sadly, almost 78% of people go back. Small percentage of us that make it out”

  This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #681 - Ex-Counterfeiter Arthur Williams Jr. (Sep 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:58:07

• Williams says he and his son were housed in the same prison dorm and that the two and a half years there taught him to be a father.

  “And that's where I learned to become a dad, man. The next two and a half years, man”

  This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #681 - Ex-Counterfeiter Arthur Williams Jr. (Sep 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:54:56

• Williams says his father died of a heart attack on the morning of the day he was released from his first federal sentence.

  “the day I got out of prison, he died. No. Yeah, had a heart attack”

  This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #681 - Ex-Counterfeiter Arthur Williams Jr. (Sep 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:35:34

• Williams says his father's wife acted as the confidential informant who led the Secret Service to him, and that she received a longer sentence than he did after pleading insanity.

  “And then she was the confidential informant. But when she went to court, she pleaded insanity”

  This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #681 - Ex-Counterfeiter Arthur Williams Jr. (Sep 8, 2026) · Listen from 1:34:58