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Bazf · 24-12-2004, 00:34

Only the Paddys could do this

BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Although they've committed the world's biggest all-cash robbery in peacetime, the audacious raiders of a Belfast bank face an uphill struggle to use most of their $42 million haul — because their Northern Ireland-produced bills are easy to track and hard to spend.
"These guys saw bounty beyond their wildest dreams and loaded up on everything. But a lot of it is effectively toilet paper," Jeffrey Robinson, an expert on money laundering and international crime, said about Monday's raid on the central cash vault of Northern Bank. More than $25 million of the bills stolen were newly minted notes produced by Northern Bank itself. Most of the rest, police say, are used notes produced either by Northern or the other three major banks in this British territory.
While Northern Ireland-issued currency is officially British pounds sterling, other parts of the United Kingdom usually refuse to accept it — and most of the rest of the world barely recognizes the stuff.

24-12-2004, 00:34	#1
Bazf Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,252 Liked: 1 times Rep Power: 58	Why we tell Irish Jokes Only the Paddys could do this BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Although they've committed the world's biggest all-cash robbery in peacetime, the audacious raiders of a Belfast bank face an uphill struggle to use most of their $42 million haul — because their Northern Ireland-produced bills are easy to track and hard to spend. "These guys saw bounty beyond their wildest dreams and loaded up on everything. But a lot of it is effectively toilet paper," Jeffrey Robinson, an expert on money laundering and international crime, said about Monday's raid on the central cash vault of Northern Bank. More than $25 million of the bills stolen were newly minted notes produced by Northern Bank itself. Most of the rest, police say, are used notes produced either by Northern or the other three major banks in this British territory. While Northern Ireland-issued currency is officially British pounds sterling, other parts of the United Kingdom usually refuse to accept it — and most of the rest of the world barely recognizes the stuff. __________________ Last edited by Bazf; 24-12-2004 at 00:37.