Iniciado por old man of the mountain

porque no?

$134bn bond scam arrests

By Hannah McCarthy

Sunday, 14 June 2009
Two middle-aged men have reportedly been detained in Italy while trying to take $134bn in US bonds – equivalent to the entire GDP of Kazakhstan – into Switzerland.

The undeclared bonds were discovered by Italian police in the false bottom of a suitcase when they searched the men on a train stopping in Chiasso, near the Swiss border, on 3 June. Japan is investigating reports that two of its citizens are involved.

The two men would, if the bonds are genuine, be the US government's fourth-biggest creditor, ahead of the UK with $128bn of US debt, and behind Russia, which is owed $138bn. The two men could also be fined around 40 per cent of the total value of the bonds – $38bn.

June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Italy’s financial police said they asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to authenticate U.S. government bonds found in the false bottom of a suitcase carried by two Japanese travelers attempting to cross into Switzerland.

The bonds, with a face value of more than $134 billion, are probably forgeries, Colonel Rodolfo Mecarelli of the Guardia di Finanza in Como, Italy, said today. If the notes are genuine, the pair would be the U.S. government’s fourth-biggest creditor, ahead of the U.K. with $128 billion of U.S. debt and just behind Russia, which is owed $138 billion.

The seized notes include 249 securities with a face value of $500 million each and 10 additional bonds with a value of more than $1 billion, the police force said on its Web site. Such high denominations would not have existed in 1934, the purported issue date of the notes, Mecarelli said. Moreover, the “Kennedy” classification of the bonds doesn’t appear to exist, he said.

The bonds were seized in Chiasso, Italy. Mecarelli said he expects a determination from the SEC “within a few days.”

Iniciado por Ziberan

Doy por hecho que la noticia es cierta, pues está contrastadísima. Ahora, ¿alguien cree que los bancos suizos son gilipollas? no he dicho "ladrones ¿eh? he dicho gilipollas. Los bonos son auténticos.

Iniciado por juancarlosb

Mi opinión es que son auténticos. ¿Quién va a gastarse 500 millones sin hacer comprobaciones?
No tiene sentido si son malos.

Iniciado por tramperoloco

¿ Alguien conoce la deuda externa Española ?
Porque me da la espina que la deuda por habitante es mayor en España que en USA.