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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."

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  1. I know why the government is mad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    They get pissed off easily when they have competition printing out worthless currency. RON PAUL 2012

  2. Re:Please clue me in. by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 1, Troll

    Maybe they were thinking of the old Italian Lira. At the time of the Euro changeover a 500,000 lire note was worth € 258.23.