German investigators said Friday they have seized counterfeit U.S. dollar bills with a face value of over $103 million, which apparently came from Turkey and were being stored ahead of transport to the United States.The criminal police office in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s northernmost state, said officers found 75 cartons of fake dollars in searches of an apartment and two company addresses after tips from U.S. authorities led them to firms run by a man who is suspected of exporting counterfeit money to the U.S. in the past.The bills, known as “prop copy” or “movie money,” could be recognized as fakes when scrutinized closely.$1B IN FAKE DESIGNER GOODS SEIZED IN LARGEST BUST IN US HISTORYGermany’s central bank and U.S. authorities believe they could be mistaken for real money in everyday life, police said in a statement.They believe the counterfeits came from a wholesaler in Turkey who was using one of the suspect’s export firms in Juebek, near the Danish border, for interim storage before the bills were shipped to the U.S.The 42-year-old suspect, a Turkish national, wasn’t arrested but faces an investigation under Germany’s law against counterfeiting.
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