Police have caught two men allegedly trying to deposit trillions of fake euro bonds in the Vatican bank.A middle aged American and a Dutch citizen approached the main gate of the Vatican on March 11 carrying a briefcase full of fake bonds with a face value of $4.1 trillion, claiming they had an appointment with bank officials, say police.
Davide Cardia of the Italian Financial Police said the smartly dressed fraudsters tried to convince the Swiss guards at the gate that cardinals were expecting them. With suspicions aroused the two men were detained.
“When we arrived, the Vatican police had opened the men’s briefcase to find bond certificates valued in US and Hong Kong dollars, as well as euro, worth €3 trillion,” said Lt Col Davide Cardia.
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