Go big or go home

Jun 15, 2009 16:58


June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Italy’s financial police said they asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to authenticate U.S. government bonds found in the false bottom of a suitcase carried by two Japanese travelers attempting to cross into Switzerland.

The bonds, with a face value of more than $134 billion, are probably forgeries, Colonel ( Read more... )

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shiny_bauble June 16 2009, 02:23:27 UTC
Egad... Even at $1MM apiece... that'd be 134,000 pieces of paper. Get out your forklift...

"Um, yes... this is a $1B bond... no... no need to authenticate that... nononono..."

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hells_satans June 17 2009, 16:38:04 UTC
Look, it says 'Full Faith and Credit of USA Gov't and President Kennedy' right on it!

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