$1.2 Million Bound for Federal Reserve Stolen Off Swiss Air Flight
From cnbc.com
FBI agents were investigating a report that about $1.2 million disappeared from a shipment of cash flown from Switzerland to New York City as part of a banking transaction, authorities said Tuesday. The U.S. currency—all $100 bills—was reported missing on Monday after a count of the money at the Federal Reserve came up short. The shipment had arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday afternoon aboard a Swiss International Air Lines flight, said FBI spokesman J. Peter Donald. The FBI is investigating whether the cash disappeared from a cargo hold in Zurich, where Flight 17 originated, or sometime ...
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