But those times I was only in for a couple of years, and it went by quick. But I had already been to prison twice before that. I went to prison for counterfeiting when I was 33. Here, Williams opens up about his incredible journey: how he counterfeited the supposedly "impossible-to-replicate" 1996 hundred-dollar bill, how he went from a struggling janitor after prison to schmoozing with the stars, and how art, on several occasions, saved him from himself. Williams' life story is a captivating rags-to-riches tale, and after hearing it, we weren't at all surprised to learn that he's recently become a motivational speaker. A move, the artist says, he doesn't regret after all, it gave him the opportunity to spend seven years perfecting his painting techniques, which have ultimately benefited not only him, but those at the receiving end of the charities his work supports. Having grown up with limited options, he turned to crime to support himself financially.
Instead, he's notorious for being the best counterfeiter there ever was, having printed almost $10 million in fake money before being caught and sentenced to seven years in federal prison. And earlier this month, he attended Sean Penn's annual Haiti Relief Organization Gala in Los Angeles, where he donated his work to contribute to the $3.5 million raised for Penn's charity.īut Williams isn't best known for his work as an artist. He's collected by the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Floyd Mayweather, and Jason Statham, to name a few. Williams, through his art, has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities.
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