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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 47, November 20, 2016, Article 32

MASSIVE COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY BUST IN PERU

This CBS News article describes a huge haul of counterfeit currency seized in a raid in Peru. -Editor

Peru counterfeiting bust President Obama is on his way to Peru for a meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders. But not all of the Secret Service agents there are for his protection.

Overnight Tuesday, agents staged the largest raid of counterfeit currency in the agency's history.

They seized an estimated $30 million in fake cash piled in houses and apartment buildings in Lima. The bills were hauled away in trucks to warehouses, where they are being inspected and cataloged.

A large stack of the fake money came from just one house; A total of 54 were raided in all.

Police are still counting the cash and logging the evidence. Once suspects have been convicted, it will all be burned.

“Operation Sunset” was two years in the making. The Secret Service worked with 1,500 Peruvian national police officers in the raids.

Six counterfeit rings were targeted and more than 40 people have been arrested.

In addition to the counterfeit cash, agents seized printing presses, Euro notes and Japanese yen.

The lead U.S. agent on “Operation Sunset,” who CBS is only identifying as Jose, said they have “made a huge impact.”

He said Peruvian counterfeiters are among the best in the world.

Sheets of fake $100 bills

To read the complete article, see:
Secret Service makes massive counterfeit bust in Peru (www.cbsnews.com/news/secret-service-makes-massive-counterfeit-bust-in-peru/)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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