Numlock News: March 10, 2021 • Counterfeits, Wrestling, Sharks
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By Walt Hickey Switcharoonie A commodities trader that bought $36 million worth of copper from a supplier in Turkey was shocked to find that they had instead been delivered large containers full of painted rocks. Somewhere before it left a port near Istanbul en route to China someone swapped out 6,000 tons of blister copper and swapped in jagged paving stones that had been crudely spray-painted. Thirteen people have been taken into custody in Turkey related to the scheme. It’s the most audacious case of shipping fraud since that time a delivery of ACME products winding its way through the canyons of New Mexico was fooled by a tunnel that had been painted on a wall of rock.
Numlock News: March 10, 2021 • Counterfeits, Wrestling, Sharks
Numlock News: March 10, 2021 • Counterfeits…
Numlock News: March 10, 2021 • Counterfeits, Wrestling, Sharks
By Walt Hickey Switcharoonie A commodities trader that bought $36 million worth of copper from a supplier in Turkey was shocked to find that they had instead been delivered large containers full of painted rocks. Somewhere before it left a port near Istanbul en route to China someone swapped out 6,000 tons of blister copper and swapped in jagged paving stones that had been crudely spray-painted. Thirteen people have been taken into custody in Turkey related to the scheme. It’s the most audacious case of shipping fraud since that time a delivery of ACME products winding its way through the canyons of New Mexico was fooled by a tunnel that had been painted on a wall of rock.