The jury apparently is in for now - a Treasury Department official says that the $134.5 billion of treasury bonds recently seized at the Swiss-Italian border are fakes. As much as I wish there was something more to this story, sadly, there is not, and I'm generally not of the mind to conjure up conspiracy theories. I do, however, remain more than open to entertaining others' conspiratorial whims, so if anyone out there has an unsubstantiated theory that has a pig's chance of actually being something close to the truth, by all means let's hear it!
UST says $134.5 Billion Seizure is Phony; Cue Next Conspiracy Theory.
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Joe:
I heard that the two Japanese guys were suckers and fell for an elaborate Nigerian internet scam. They paid $5 million to the Nigerians for the "privilege" of helping transport the Treasury bearer bonds out of the Swiss bank.
The Nigerians told the Japanese guys to fly to Zurich, rent a car, pick-up the bonds using the names Kim Zeigler and Levi Johnstone, and then drive to Rome where they would rendezvous on the Spanish Steps and then walk up and have a blow-out celebratory dinner at The Hassler Restaurant.
The tip-off to the Japanese should have been when they saw that the suitcase (with a false bottom) was a fake Louis Vuitton. Apparently, these two Japanese crooks were the only two people left in Japan who couldn't tell a fake Louis Vuitton from the real thing.
Sucks to be them!