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$6 Trillion In Fake US Treasury Bonds Seized In Switzerland

Posted by timothy on from the that's-ok-the-official-ones-are-fake-too dept.

ackthpt writes "If you're going to steal, steal big, right? Italian anti-mafia prosecutors have announced the seizure of $6 trillion of allegedly fake U.S. Treasury bonds, an amount that's almost half of the U.S.'s public debt. The probe focusing upon money laundering has also include financial dealings alleged to direct money to Nigerian sources to buy plutonium. Sound like a movie plot, yet? $6 Trillion, that's a lot of lettuce."

4 of 199 comments (clear)

  1. Duh! by Guppy06 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone knows the real ones are in China!

  2. DEAR KIND SIR by Shoten · · Score: 3, Funny

    (Okay, I originally typed this in all caps...because it's funnier that way...but Slashdot's code doesn't permit it.)

    I am the widow of A.Q. Khan from Pakistan. I am contacting you in good faith because I know you are a good person and will help me. I need your help in moving $6 trillion worth of plutonium out of the country. In exchange, you will receive a ten percent commission...

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    For your security, this post has been encrypted with ROT-13, twice.
  3. Pretend they are real by tlambert · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pretend they are real and pay down the US debt?

    -- Terry

  4. Re:Nobody ever said crooks were that smart by goose-incarnated · · Score: 3, Funny

    None of that makes any sense, so perhaps a new MI movie instead.

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    I'm a minority race. Save your vitriol for white people.