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Smuggled $134 billion in T-bonds are fakes, U.S. says 
latimesblogs.latimes.com | by Tom Petruno | Thu, Jun 18
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Speculation about the Italian smuggling case involving $134 billion in purported U.S. Treasury bonds may have been fun while it lasted, but the Treasury Department says today the bonds are bogus.
They’re obvious fakes," said Steve Meyerhardt, a spokesman for the Treasury's Bureau of P...
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