Italian police find fake bonds worth a third of US national deb

[Brocke]

Italian police find fake bonds worth a third of US national debt

Police have seized fake US Treasury bonds worth $6 trillion (£3.79trillion) from a Swiss company where they were held in three large trunks.

7:48PM GMT 17 Feb 2012

Italian police said they had issued arrest warrants for eight people accused of international fraud and other financial crimes.

The operation, co-ordinated by prosecutors from the southern Italian city of Potenza, was carried out by Italian and Swiss authorities after a year-long investigation.

The fake securities, more than a third of U.S. national debt, were seized in January from a Swiss trust company where they were held in three large trunks.

The eight alleged fraudsters are accused of counterfeiting bonds, credit card forgery, and usury in the Italian regions of Lombardy, Piedmont, Lazio and Basilicata.

The Swiss Federal Prosecutor's office said Zurich state prosecutors had worked on the investigation at the request of the Italian prosecutor. The Swiss handed over their findings in July of last year.

More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9090017/Italian-police-find-fake-bonds-worth-a-third-of-US-national-debt.html

[Satyagraha]

Italian police find fake bonds worth a third of US national debt

Police have seized fake US Treasury bonds worth $6 trillion (£3.79trillion) from a Swiss company where they were held in three large trunks.

7:48PM GMT 17 Feb 2012

Italian police said they had issued arrest warrants for eight people accused of international fraud and other financial crimes.

The operation, co-ordinated by prosecutors from the southern Italian city of Potenza, was carried out by Italian and Swiss authorities after a year-long investigation.

The fake securities, more than a third of U.S. national debt, were seized in January from a Swiss trust company where they were held in three large trunks.

The eight alleged fraudsters are accused of counterfeiting bonds, credit card forgery, and usury in the Italian regions of Lombardy, Piedmont, Lazio and Basilicata.

The Swiss Federal Prosecutor's office said Zurich state prosecutors had worked on the investigation at the request of the Italian prosecutor. The Swiss handed over their findings in July of last year.

More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9090017/Italian-police-find-fake-bonds-worth-a-third-of-US-national-debt.html

See this as well: http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=110604.msg683522#msg6835
This story has legs: wonder where it will go?

[EvadingGrid]

* cat  speechless

[Jackson Holly]

.... probably as legitimate as those produced by DC.