Movies like the counterfeiter

Emerich Juettner (January 1876 – January 4, 1955), also known as Edward Mueller or Mister 880, was an Austrian-American immigrant known for counterfeiting United States $1 bills and eluding the United States Secret Service for a decade, from 1938 to 1948. When caught, he openly admitted his actions, adding that he had never given more than one bill to anyone, so no person had lost more than one dollar. He was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, and a one-dollar fine, and later sold the rights to his story which was made into the 1950 film Mister 880.

Emerich Juettner was born in January, 1876 in Austria to a working-class family. He was the oldest of 4 siblings, having two brothers and a sister. On June 21, 1890, at the age of 13, he arrived in New York. He found work as a picture frame guilder before marrying Florence LeMein in 1902 at the age of 26. His wife gave birth to a son, Walter in 1903, and a daughter, Florence, in 1918. To support his family, he began working as a maintenance man and building superintendent in New York's Upper East Side. His job allowed him and his family to live rent free in the basement of the building where he worked. After his wife died in 1937, he became a junk collector.