Re:US Attorney Announces $3.36B Cryptocurrency Seizure in Co...
by tedunangst on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:35PM
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> Why do these involve Asian nationals? I'm just not a good enough crook to determine the advantage here...
Kansas City shuffle. You find someone who wants to help run the con, but they're actually the mark.
Some choice excerpts:
> ... Japanese nationals in their 50s ... who had attempted to enter Switzerland with a suitcase ... containing what ... appeared to be U.S. Treasury Bonds worth $134.5 billion.
Enough to buy a couple of Twitters!
> The Financial Times also reported that the two suspects "had been released" by Italian authorities.
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edit:
> On September 18, 2009, a similar incident was reported ... by the Italian financial military police ... involving two Philippines nationals smuggling purported U.S. Treasury bonds valued at approximately $180 billion
Why do these involve Asian nationals? I'm just not a good enough crook to determine the advantage here...
> On February 17, 2012, it was reported that Italian police had seized $6 trillion in counterfeit U.S. bonds....
If you're gonna commit a crime, you might as well swing for the fences, eh?
This is Dr. Evil type stuff!