Men held over Vatican Bank 'three trillion euro bond fraud'
Source: BBC
Italian police have arrested two men who were allegedly trying to deposit trillions of euros in fake bonds in the Vatican bank.
Officials say the pair, an American and a Dutch national, claimed they had an appointment with bank officials to gain entry but were handed over to police.
Fake bonds with a face value of 3tr euros ($4.1tr; £2.5tr) were found in their briefcase, the officials say.
The suspects were reportedly hoping to open a line of credit at the bank.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26811528
Trillion? That's a lot.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)happyslug
(14,779 posts)N/t
muriel_volestrangler
(101,390 posts)which isn't the same as 'forbids'.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)but I thought they were still in the Vatican City State.
brooklynite
(94,792 posts)Just deposit a E3 trillion check and you'll be all set.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)K&R
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)No one has that magnitude of assets -- not even the biggest banks. It took the US 225 years to accumulate that much national debt and no other country comes even close.