At least the Japanese press is sitll interested in story of the two Japanese men caugh withs ome $134.5 billion in (presumably fake) US bearer bonds.
We can’t read Japanese, and Google Translate isn’t particularly helpful, but a reader informs us that the gist of this story is that a newspaper sent a reporter to Como, Italy and found that the men had been released, with their whereabouts unknown.
Now, the easiest, most-benign explanation for this whole thing is that it’s just a counterfeiting scheme. Fine, but then why do you let them go without tracking their whereabouts?
This could be the reason why: The US Bearer Bonds ‘Coincidence’
Related articles:
– US Treasury says bonds seized in Italy are fakes
– The Saga Of The Bearer Bonds; Smuggled Bonds Are Probably Genuine
Joe Weisenthal
Jun. 17, 2009
Source: The Business Insider