NEWS: misterious suitcase -134 billion $ at Swiss Border

[None of the above]

2 Japanese w/ $134 BILLION in US Bonds Busted at Swiss Border

Impounded at Chiasso [place] USA securities for 96 billion euros.

249 bonds of the Federal Reserve of the United States, each with nominal value of 500 million dollars, as well as 10 Kennedy bonds each of 1 billion dollars in value, hidden in the double bootom of a suit case, for a total of a good 134 billion dollars, equal to more than 96 billion euros.

This is how much was sequestered at the internation railway station in Chiasso, at the Swiss-Italian border, functionaries of the Territorial Operational Section of Chiasso, in collaboration with soldiers/members of the Financial Police [Guardia di Finanzia] of Ponte Chiasso, during the checking of bags aimed at stopping the illegal trafficing of capital.

The amount was in the possession of two fifty year old Japanese men who had arrived at the Chiasso railway station on a train coming from Italy and who, when checked by customs, had stated that they had nothing to declare.

Instead an accurate check of the bags facilitated the discovery of the American securities, hidden in the bottom of the suitcase, in a closed section separated from the part of the bag containing personal items.

Apart from the securities the Japanese men were carrying a considerable sum of original bank documents.

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1.) Are these bonds not fake?
2.) Where did they come from?
3.) What state or grand enterprise tries to do money laundry here?

State your opinion taking or not into consideration my questions.

[Sanosuke23]

Holy Hell, that is a lot of money.

1)Whether they're fake or not, had someone decided to use them I can ony imagine how much damage financially they could do.

2)Most likely the same place other bonds and what-have-you do. The wiki link for those that aren't aware of what a bond is. Considering that they were federal bonds, if one were to cash them in it could potentially hurt the US government, regardless of how genuine they are.

3)One can only speculate as to who was behind this, but it's disconcerting to say the least.

[Jill Bird]

they were trying to steal the money!!

[DOOM!]

I've heard the local news last week.
1)Apparently, not even American specialists know.
2)Apparently, not even American specialists know.
3)The only money washer/stealer I see is the Finance Police; since those money aren't reported stolen elsewhere, and they come in a form that is foreign to italian authorities/banks, they cannot be cashed, then why should they care?
I haven't heard any other reports on those money. American finance specialists HAVE arrived to identify those bonds and nothing has been said ever since. The fate of the two carriers is unknown, as the money's is. Case closed.