5 arrested over bid to withdraw US$100 million

[brix57]

Creativity at work in Italy (2014): printing 300 euro banknotes. Cannot be charged with counterfeiting as the banknote denomination doesn’t exist thus can’t be fake, just fraud.

https://www.euronews.com/2014/11/26/...cash-crackdown

[SirNotAppearing]

I remember a US embassy person telling me about 30 years ago that a senior armed forces person had come into the embassy to ask them to verify a million USD note.

Was not happy to discover the truth...

Could be BS .. but sounded very plausible in the 90s.

There are $10,000 notes in circulation, but not sure who other than a bank would accept them.

[hullexile]

I remember a US embassy person telling me about 30 years ago that a senior armed forces person had come into the embassy to ask them to verify a million USD note.

Was not happy to discover the truth...

Could be BS .. but sounded very plausible in the 90s.

As a kid I came across a million German Mark note. I checked the exchange rate, 8 to the Pound I think it was, thought I had become rich overnight. Not to be.

[freeier]

i had some guys trying to sell me some high notional price Us bonds, can't remember the name.. bond of V something..
somewhat similar to this case several years ago

https://www.nofreelunch.co.uk/blog/c...-bond-mystery/

[Morrison]

As a kid I came across a million German Mark note. I checked the exchange rate, 8 to the Pound I think it was, thought I had become rich overnight. Not to be.

There were notes with a face value much higher than that.
I have seen billion ( Milliarden) German Marks notes and it seems 100 trillion ( Billionen ) was the highest note towards the end of inflation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papiermark

[alexdown]

There were notes with a face value much higher than that.
I have seen billion ( Milliarden) German Marks notes and it seems 100 trillion ( Billionen ) was the highest note towards the end of inflation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papiermark

Ah the good old one hundred trillion Zimbabwean dollars note

https://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/06/a...ote/index.html

[shri]

Take two...

Three men attempted to withdraw US$15 million (approximately HK$117 million) at a bank in Central using forged documents, resulting in one arrest.

The incident occurred around 11.20am on Tuesday at the Bank of China Tower, where the trio attempted to cash US$15 million with a cashier’s check.

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/break...tion/4/230245/