An Odd Bust of Bolivars in Brazil
- Brazil officials seize lockbox with seal of Iraqi central bank
- Box contained 11,765 bills of worthless Venezuelan bolivars
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When Brazilian authorities in Rio de Janeiro cut the lock on a steel box ostensibly belonging to Iraq’s central bank, they found a stash of cash not worth the paper it’s printed on.
“We imagined we would find Iraqi money,” police chief Fabricio Oliveira, who participated in the bust, said in an interview. “Instead, to our surprise, we found Venezuelan money, which is a currency no longer worth anything.”