Man with $70M check caught by German customs |
The check was issued by the Venezuelan state-owned bank, Banco de Venezuela, made out for 300M Venezuelan bolÃvares, about $70M.
As the 59-year-old Iranian was unable to declare the check and to offer a plausible explanation about its intended recipient and purpose, customs officials said on Friday they had confiscated the document due to suspicion of money-laundering.
The unnamed man is now facing charges of having committed an administrative offense - of not declaring assets over €10,000 ($13,644). If found guilty, the Iranian traveler could be fined up to €1M ($1.4M).
Update: The man with $70M check has been identified as Iran's former central bank chief, Tahmasb Mazaheri.
give the man a break its not a gun or a knife
ReplyDeleteno but that money could buy all the arms needed to cause huge damage.
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