Found: $1 Million Dollar Bill (Real, sort of) in Uşak; $271 Million (Fake) in Istanbul

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(CNN TÜRK, 20 July 2019)


                     Oh, to have a $1Million in Kızılsöğüt!



In the town of Kızılcasöğüt in Banaz district of Uşak province, the
Gendarmerie seized a $1 million dollar U.S. banknote (!).  The
banknote was found in a search of Y.K., one of three people taken into
custody.  An investigation is underway to determine where Y.K. got the
bill.


                  Fine print may need a Turkish translation.

The $1 Million Dollar banknote was printed by the "International
Association of Millionaires" as a 'prestige' item.  It cannot be used as
legal tender but is bought and sold by collectioners for ten of thousands
of dollars.


                                  Banaz is at upper right.

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türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Sözcü Newspaper, 23 July 2019)


By the way, today's exchange rate is 5.73 TL to the Dollar...


Police in Istanbul determined that a gang was  planning to flood
the market with fake U.S. dollars prior to the upcoming Kurban
Bayramı (Feast of Sacrifice) that starts on 12 August.  A  raid
was conducted at a location in Esenyurt on 19 July but police
found nothing...until they looked behind a panel marked "high
voltage".

Inside the secret "high voltage" room police found $271,150,000 (!)
in counterfeit U.S. dollar bills.  Five people were taken into custody,
including B.Ç., a former police official who was fired because of
his links to the Fetullah Gülen Terror Organization (FETÖ). As a
result of this FETÖ connection, the investigation has been widened.
Two suspects remain at large.


                                          Esenyurt again!