Malaysian police have arrested a Lebanese man allegedly carrying fake currency with a face value of $66 million after he tipped the hotel staff with a $500 note, an official said.

The largest U.S. note currently in wide circulation is a $100 bill. But police found bundles of $1 million, $100,000 and $500 notes in the man's hotel room in Kuala Lumpur, said Izany Abdul Ghany, head of the city's commercial crime unit.

Hotel staff alerted police after a housekeeper received a $500 bill tip and found out it was fake when she tried to convert it to local currency at a money changer, Izany said.

The man could be charged for possessing counterfeit money and, if found guilty, face up to 10 years in jail, he said.

The largest U.S. note ever printed was a special edition one for $100,000 in 1934. Bills of $500 were last printed in 1945 and are now no longer in wide circulation, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.

This is not the first time the man has been in trouble with the law in Malaysia, Izany said. A Malaysian court had also charged him with cheating over the sale of office supplies in 2005, in a separate case.

Cheating, or fraud, carries a maximum penalty of five years, giving this big spender a grand total of fifteen years if convicted of both charges. You can take that to the bank!

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