Comments on: $134.5 billion in US bonds seized at Italian-Swiss border

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By: sally

sally — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:23:55 +0000

This seems to be part of the Black Box Federal Reserve scam that has made the rounds in Asia for years. This is an incredible story originating in 1936 for pouring war material into China. This scam has damaged many, many individuals and spawned a cottage industry in the Philippines making the very authentic-looking era military attache-cases holding these notes, always in sequential, identical sets of 100 sheets of $100 million in 1936 dollars. Redeemable today with compound interest makes these sheets well into the billion US dollars – so that is where the figure comes from. Some of the sealed boxes contain gold coins (3) for authenticity. This is a very secret and scary story that no one in the US will touch.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:32:21 +0000

If it was a country trying to bring them in, why not just put them in a sealed diplomatic pouch? This story has some twists and turns that need to be investigated.

By: Angelina MaldeTesta

Angelina MaldeTesta — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:46:46 +0000

Bloomberg printed a whisper last week:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=afJXAA1ahZyo

By: hannibal

hannibal — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:19:55 +0000

Aren’t there serial numbers oh these instruments that make them immediately traceable as to where they came from. Seems logical to me

By: bzmoore

bzmoore — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:10:36 +0000

@ Don
“Some major holes in this rotten Swiss cheesy mess of sushi and salami.”

Brilliant! Sounds like an Asian/ Italian porn!!

Well, all we know for sure is that someone is getting fucked.

Or as on of fav comedians Russel Peters says “Somebody’s gonna get a hurt real bad”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzKHQX59Wso

By: Pianodoctor

Pianodoctor — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:12:41 +0000

I’ll admit I got a bit of a tingle when I firt saw this story a few days ago, but now I’m going with ‘mundane, unoriginal fraud’ on this one. See: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040910-9999-7m10bonds.html

By: frances snoot

frances snoot — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:08:37 +0000

@Max Power:
Fantastic Link! Eric Janszen is brilliant. I’m watching the ITulip Wiley Coyote Government Video right now. Funny. (I’ve always been a Wiley fan)

By: Verilog

Verilog — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:25:58 +0000

They have to be genuine, because the denominations are so high. It’s like counterfeiting $1000 dollar bills. Nobody tries it because of the inherent scrutiny when one is presented.
No corporation or single person has as much money as was seized, they had to be from a government.

Also, there is no way anyone would try to fool the Swiss with counterfeit bonds.

However, what I don’t understand is why anyone would part with gold (or another cash, unless it’s from Zimbabwe) for something denominated in US dollars.

By: John L

John L — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:27:04 +0000

I pass that border crossing all the time, the customs check is a joke unless you look middle eastern or African. Japanese people never have a problem.

Conclusion: it was a deliberate tip-off….interesting!