Reply #2: Here's something from the LA Times: A room with a view to one big mystery

[Judi Lynn]

A room with a view to one big mystery
Why did a counterfeiter’s setup face L.A.’s Federal Reserve office?
April 29, 2010|By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times

It started 11 days ago when a resident at an upscale downtown L.A. high-rise tower smelled fumes coming from a neighboring apartment.

Firefighters knocked on the neighbor's door but he refused to let them in. They called police, who broke down the door of the penthouse just as the man inside was escaping through a back window and down a fire escape carrying duffel bags.

He escaped like Jason Bourne," said LAPD Deputy Chief Mike Downing of the Counter-Terrorism Bureau, referring to the movie spy character.

What they found next began a weeklong mystery.

The apartment contained sophisticated counterfeiting equipment as well as a cache of weapons including an AK-47. They also found stacks of counterfeit $100 bills totaling $15,000 and a camera tripod.

But detectives' interest was really heightened when they looked outside the window and saw that the penthouse balcony had a spot-on view of the U.S. Federal Reserve building on Grand Avenue.

Detectives now are searching for the suspect, who leased the $3,400-a-month penthouse, paying one year in advance using stacks of cash.

More:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/29/local/la-me-0430-federal-reserve-20100430-12

Can't understand why it wasn't national or international news until now. It's the absolute first I've seen of this.