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    Attempt to smuggle 134 billion in US bonds in a suitcase?

    Random Crapital, I looked at photos of known counterfeit securities - they don't look like the ones in the Italian photo. Furthermore, the Asia news article of June 8, 4 days after the arrests, states, "As soon as the seizure was made the US Embassy in Rome was informed. Italian and US...
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    Attempt to smuggle 134 billion in US bonds in a suitcase?

    "This article is full of ignorance of ... finance. US treasury bonds and "federal reserve bonds" (whatever that is) aren't bearer bonds. You don't walk into the bank, hand them a certificate, and ask for money in return. Every treasury bond holder (or their custodian) is registered with the...
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    Attempt to smuggle 134 billion in US bonds in a suitcase?

    This is the most complete and well-documented post on the story I have found. Contains links to all the published news articles so far. (None from US news.) http://cryptogon.com/?p=9095 Quote from Asia News Italy: "Italian authorities have not yet determined whether they are real or...
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    Attempt to smuggle 134 billion in US bonds in a suitcase?

    There seems to be a lot of people who are either uninformed or misquoting the articles. The Italian Financial Police press release: http://www.gdf.it/GdF__Informa/Notizie_Stampa/AdnKronos/Adnkronos_2009/Adnkronos_Giugno_2009/info-1518911049.html Note the very first sentence -...
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    Attempt to smuggle 134 billion in US bonds in a suitcase?

    The articles, if you've read them, from Italian police, Asia News, Japan Today, state the bonds are real or "perfect forgeries". To make a perfect or even passable forgery, you've got to have access to a real one. How many people do you know that even know a "$1 billion Kennedy Bond" exists...
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    Attempt to smuggle 134 billion in US bonds in a suitcase?

    The article states the bonds were either real or perfect forgeries. How many North Koreans have access to $1 Billion Kennedy bonds that they can use to make perfect copies? Answer: ZERO. It is also very interesting that US mainstream media has NOTHING on this story a full week after it...
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