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Two Germans were apprehended in an Austria mountain town with $500 million (350 million) worth of counterfeit banknotes. It's one of the biggest hauls in counterfeit dollars in Europe. But the culprits say they actually thought the $1 million bills were real. An Austrian court will soon decide whether to believe them.
One of the counterfeit notes. Hölzen was told almost immediately that the notes were fake.
Of the fake notes found on the alleged criminals, 295 were originally $1 bills. Counterfeiters increased the face value of the bills to $1 million simply by adding six zeros.
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