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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.
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but I thought they were still in the Vatican City State.
- They're the only ones I know with the kinda moxey to try and pull something like that off.
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