Meshugger Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Two well dressed, japanese nationals were arrested at the Italian border with US treasure bonds, worth in total 134,5 billion dollars. Veeery interesting, to say the least. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
Humodour Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 I'd suggest agents for a rogue regime. Considering NK has been withdrawing large sums from tax havens and secret banks recently to pre-empt the UN sanctions and assets freezes, it's probably them. Could also be Iran of course - lots going on there. It definitely has to be a country though. That amount is bigger than the combined cash on hand of Google, Microsoft and Apple combined.
Gorth Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 There should be little debate that the world “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Meshugger Posted June 18, 2009 Author Posted June 18, 2009 There should be little debate that the world "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy
Walsingham Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Another example of Gordon dumb-as-**** Brown. If our intelligence agencies had been in on this we'd have been able to pay off the bank bailout. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Gorgon Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Italian authorities have not yet determined whether they are real or fake Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all.
Walsingham Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 I like the way the author of the article concludes that inconsistencies are fishy. As if criminals and fraudsters aren't lazy, and don't make mistakes. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Humodour Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Actually, I don't think it's North Korea after all: NK isn't rich enough to own 130 billion dollars, something that didn't occur to me when I wrote that. It could well be an attempt to destabilise the dollar through counterfieting after all (China wouldn't be happy since they'd lose their savings, so it's certainly not them). I mean, why would any country entrust their fortune with just 2 guys?
Tigranes Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Heck, which country / institution is rich enough to have 130 billion dollars on hand and risk it being smuggled? Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
HoonDing Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Guess the huge piggy bank must've given them away. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
Rosbjerg Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Italian authorities have not yet determined whether they are real or fake On it's own - and out of context .. that's a actually a funny statement. - I'm more interested in why the figure matches the "Troubled Asset Relief Program" - maybe someone wants to further distabalize the banking sector? Fortune favors the bald.
Rostere Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 (edited) If we assume they were real (which is rather unlikely), the only place they could have come from is Japan or Russia, if you want things to make sense. And in that case they were probably on their way to being sold. The thing that bothers me is that I read on some page that the total amount of Treasury bonds was smaller than $134 bn (which would prove that theay are indeed false)... Yet this page states that the total amount of Treasury bonds amount to $1723 bn.... Edited June 19, 2009 by Rostere "Well, overkill is my middle name. And my last name. And all of my other names as well!"
213374U Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 If we assume they were real (which is rather unlikely), the only place they could have come from is Japan or Russia, if you want things to make sense. And in that case they were probably on their way to being sold. The thing that bothers me is that I read on some page that the total amount of Treasury bonds was smaller than $134 bn (which would prove that theay are indeed false)... Yet this page states that the total amount of Treasury bonds amount to $1723 bn.... Yeah. It's really disturbing that the US Treasury still uses .txt files to sort that kind of data. Seriously though, that's a nice find. I find it difficult to believe that anyone would have close to a tenth of all US Treasure bonds in circulation... some idiots moving them around is surreal. Now that I read this, I remember a gang being busted over here this month due to a fraud scheme they had set up involving counterfeit 1934 US bonds with a combined worth in excess of $16.5 bn. I wonder if that's related? - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
Atreides Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 I'd suggest agents for a rogue regime. Considering NK has been withdrawing large sums from tax havens and secret banks recently to pre-empt the UN sanctions and assets freezes, it's probably them. Could also be Iran of course - lots going on there. It definitely has to be a country though. That amount is bigger than the combined cash on hand of Google, Microsoft and Apple combined. Or a rogue regime with an advanced counterfeiting operation. Spreading beauty with my katana.
Enoch Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 If we assume they were real (which is rather unlikely), the only place they could have come from is Japan or Russia, if you want things to make sense. And in that case they were probably on their way to being sold. The thing that bothers me is that I read on some page that the total amount of Treasury bonds was smaller than $134 bn (which would prove that theay are indeed false)... Yet this page states that the total amount of Treasury bonds amount to $1723 bn.... Not all Treasury bonds are identical. There are different series with different terms (issue date, maturity, interest rate). It could easily be the case that the particular type of bonds these people were apprehended with exceeds the totall sum of said bonds issued.
Nihilus5078 Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 Nobody could carry a ****load of money and not get caught.
Walsingham Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Nobody could carry a ****load of money and not get caught. It wasn't in nickels, mate. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
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