Man jailed over $2.5 trillion fraud

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  1. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    former forensic scientist has been jailed for six years for his role in a $2.5 trillion scam.

    Graham Halksworth, 69, from Greater Manchester, helped pioneer fingerprint evidence before getting involved in one of the world's biggest potential frauds.

    He worked with former Yugoslav spy Michael Slamaj, who runs an engineering firm in Vancouver, Canada, to perpetrate the scam, which involved bogus US Treasury bonds.

    The men were convicted last month of conspiracy to defraud, after the false documents - carrying a face value greater than the world's gold stocks - were used by a range of international criminals to try to get credit.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3229711.stm

    Caught out by a spelling mistake! ;)
     
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  2. Nedsbeds

    Nedsbeds Badger, Slime, Weasel!!

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    what I'm even more worried about is the fact that it was printed on an inkjet and the only way they were caught out was by a spelling mistake!
     
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  3. acrimonious

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    Greater Manchester :clap:


    What a guy.
     
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  4. NuTech

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    Anyone still got the Word template? :worried:

    *fires up inkjet printer*
     
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  5. djengiz

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    Respect man! 2.5 trillian what a guy!
     
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  6. samuelellis

    samuelellis What's a Dremel?

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    probably thinking he needs to refresh those typing course now
     
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  7. Trekari

    Trekari What's a Dremel?

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    He'll have plenty of time to work on them. ;)
     
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  8. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Three words:

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